Peaceful Times ( Friedliche Zeiten ) ( Peace ful Times )

Peaceful Times (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Friedliche Zeiten
Alternate Title: Peace ful Times
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
92 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Neele Leana Vollmar

Written By:
Ruth Toma
Birgit Vanderbeke

Actors:
Katharina M. Schubert ..... Irene Striesow
Oliver Stokowski ..... Dieter Striesow
Nina Monka ..... Ute Striesow
Leonie Brill ..... Wasa Striesow
Tamino Wecker ..... Flori Striesow
Axel Prahl ..... Karl
Anna Böttcher ..... Frau Heinckel
Doris Kunstmann ..... Frau Radke
Daphne Wagner ..... Frau Kampmann
Georgia Stahl ..... Frau Blume
Meret Becker ..... Musiklehrerin
Gustav-Peter Wöhler ..... Wagenbesitzer
Anna Böger ..... Siegrid
Vanessa Kozacuk ..... Uschi Osterloh
Claudius Krieger ..... Ulf Osterloh

Synopsis:

Germany, 1963. Irene and Dieter, together with their children Ute, Wasa and Flori, have fled East Germany for the freedom of the West. But while Dieter takes to the liberty of the capitalist West like a duck to water, Irene is left floundering: unhappily longing for her regimented existence in the East, she is petrified of a Russian invasion and suspicious of the women in Dieter's new life. Sensing their parents' unhappiness, Ute, Wasa and Flori embark upon a scheme to make everybody happy: unaware of what it is, they decide that their only option is for their parents to get a divorce, so they start their plan...

Although Irene and Dieter - together with their three children Wasa Ute and Flori - have fled East Germany for the freedom of the West their problems are not over. While Irene craves the conformity and structure of the East Dieter has taken to the West with glee. As the two grow further apart their children hatch a plan to make them all happy: they try to help their parents make the decision to divorce!

The Striesow family have recently arrived in West Germany from the East. With their mother pining for their home back in the GDR and even having suicidal thoughts when she suspects her husband of having an affair, it is left to her three children to take things into their own hands to put the family chaos back into order.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 08 June, 2011.