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The film was extremely popular on release and drew 3,294,985 viewers[2] (the GDR had a population at the time of around 17 million). However, due to the film's political overtones it was almost not released. East German leader Erich Honecker personally decided to allow it to be shown. Today it is one of the best-known East German films.
Paul is a minor bureaucrat in East Berlin, where he lives with his wife and their son in a modern high-rise apartment building. While he is well educated and professionally ambitious, he is generally bored with his life. He cannot relate to his unsophisticated wife, who is repeatedly unfaithful, even bringing men home to their apartment when Paul is away. Paula, a grocery store cashier and single mother of two, lives in a run-down, prewar building directly across from Paul's modern high-rise. Having thrown out her philandering live-in lover (and father of her younger child), she is seeking more happiness in her tedious life.
Paul and Paula meet at a nightclub and instantly connect. Paula falls in love with Paul and pursues him passionately. He desires her, but is reluctant to endanger his career and his marriage. When one of Paula's children is killed in an accident, Paul realizes that Paula is more important than his career and his marriage, but she is so crushed by her loss that she rejects him. Seeking security, she seriously contemplates marriage with an older, successful but dull businessman, and Paul must go to great lengths to win Paula back. Ultimately, he succeeds and they move in together, but she dies giving birth to their child.
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The film made the band Puhdys a household name in East Germany. The band performs four songs in the film, all of which drew heavily upon specific western pop songs.[clarification needed]
The film's enduring popularity led to a stretch of waterfront on the Rummelsburger See (Rummelsburg Lake) in Berlin-Lichtenberg, near where the boat scene was filmed, to be renamed Paul und Paula-Ufer (Paul And Paula Shore).
Paul's new apartment was on the third floor of Singerstraße 51 in Friedrichshain. Paula's apartment across the street was demolished, as shown in the film. A supermarket now occupies part of the site.
Berlin Ostbahnhof can briefly be seen in some of the outdoor scenes, as it is only a short distance from the Singerstraße. The supermarket where Paula worked is located at what was then Leninplatz (now Platz der Vereinten Nationen).
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You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German April 2022 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the German article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 8 987 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at de Die Legende von Paul und Paula see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated de Die Legende von Paul und Paula to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Die Legende von Paul und Paula German diː leˈɡɛnde fɔn ˈpaʊl ʔʊnt ˈpaʊla English The Legend of Paul and Paula is a 1973 tragicomic East German film directed by Heiner Carow A novel by Ulrich Plenzdorf named Die Legende vom Gluck ohne Ende was based on this film 1 The Legend of Paul and PaulaDie Legende von Paul und Paula German Directed byHeiner CarowWritten byUlrich Plenzdorf and Heiner CarowProduced byErich AlbrechtStarringAngelica Domrose Winfried GlatzederCinematographyJurgen BrauerEdited byEvelyn CarowMusic byPeter GotthardtDistributed byDEFARelease date1973Running time105 minutesLanguageGermanBudgetN AThe film was extremely popular on release and drew 3 294 985 viewers 2 the GDR had a population at the time of around 17 million However due to the film s political overtones it was almost not released East German leader Erich Honecker personally decided to allow it to be shown Today it is one of the best known East German films Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Trivia 3 Cast 4 References 5 External linksPlot summary editPaul is a minor bureaucrat in East Berlin where he lives with his wife and their son in a modern high rise apartment building While he is well educated and professionally ambitious he is generally bored with his life He cannot relate to his unsophisticated wife who is repeatedly unfaithful even bringing men home to their apartment when Paul is away Paula a grocery store cashier and single mother of two lives in a run down prewar building directly across from Paul s modern high rise Having thrown out her philandering live in lover and father of her younger child she is seeking more happiness in her tedious life Paul and Paula meet at a nightclub and instantly connect Paula falls in love with Paul and pursues him passionately He desires her but is reluctant to endanger his career and his marriage When one of Paula s children is killed in an accident Paul realizes that Paula is more important than his career and his marriage but she is so crushed by her loss that she rejects him Seeking security she seriously contemplates marriage with an older successful but dull businessman and Paul must go to great lengths to win Paula back Ultimately he succeeds and they move in together but she dies giving birth to their child Trivia editThe film made the band Puhdys a household name in East Germany The band performs four songs in the film all of which drew heavily upon specific western pop songs clarification needed The film s enduring popularity led to a stretch of waterfront on the Rummelsburger See Rummelsburg Lake in Berlin Lichtenberg near where the boat scene was filmed to be renamed Paul und Paula Ufer Paul And Paula Shore Paul s new apartment was on the third floor of Singerstrasse 51 in Friedrichshain Paula s apartment across the street was demolished as shown in the film A supermarket now occupies part of the site Berlin Ostbahnhof can briefly be seen in some of the outdoor scenes as it is only a short distance from the Singerstrasse The supermarket where Paula worked is located at what was then Leninplatz now Platz der Vereinten Nationen Former German chancellor Angela Merkel revealed this movie to be her favorite 3 Cast editAngelica Domrose Paula Adam Winfried Glatzeder Paul Heidemarie Wenzel Die Schone Ines Fred Delmare Reifen Saft Rolf Ludwig Professor Kathe Reichel de Frau des Schiessbudenbesitzers Hans Hardt Hardtloff de Schiessbudenbesitzer Frank Otto Schenk de Kollege Schmidt Dietmar Richter Reinick de KumpelReferences edit Schrankenlose Liebe Ulrich Plenzdorf Die Legende vom Gluck ohne Ende Lesetipp Fluter de Archived from the original on 2013 04 25 Retrieved 2013 04 23 List of the 50 highest grossing DEFA films in German Merkel reveals politically explosive favorite film DW 15 05 2013 DW COM Retrieved 2018 12 14 External links editDie Legende von Paul und Paula at IMDb nbsp DEFA summary in English Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Legend of Paul and Paula amp oldid 1207239155, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
