Sabine Wulff

Short Summary (English)

Sabine has just turned 18 when she is released from a reformatory. She now misses the friendly warmth which her education officer exuded and which she feels her parents lack. For this reason, she does not want to return home.

Sabine is bitterly disappointed in her old friend Jimmy for whom she once stole cigarettes. Many young people came to Jimmy because he was a good listener and empathized with everybody's problems. Her Uncle Karl, with whom she spent a lot of time as a little girl and whom she has always trusted implicitly, now is old and ill.

So Sabine has to fend for herself - she has to make a new start, look for an honest job and pay the rent for her furnished room with honestly earned money. She will also have to make new friends. This is not so simple as Sabine, with her unconditional love of truth and sense of justice, easily offends people. Gradually, however, she is eased into her new surroundings; she also becomes more familiar with her new job. But she still does not make things easy for herself as she suspiciously watches people's responses to her. Sabine is an active person, who likes to feel needed by others and who is trying to find her place in the world, sometimes feels like throwing in the towel and running away. But then there are always people who help her and who can deal with her openness sympathetically. Sabine will manage to go her own way...

Source: Progress Film-Verleih

Film Crew

Director

• Erwin Stranka

Script

• Erwin Stranka

Camera

• Peter Brand

Film Editing

• Evelyn Carow

Cast

• Karin Düwel (Sabine Wulff)
• Manfred Ernst (Jimmy)
• Jürgen Heinrich (Atsche)
• Hans-Joachim Frank (Hansel)
• Lars Jung (Hotte)
• Jutta Wachowiak (Heide Hobohm)
• Swetlana Schönfeld (Kati)
• Ursula Staack (Gisa)
• Juliane Korén (Frau Hille)
• Annelise Matschulat (Frau Stippel)
• Hannelore Telloke (Frau Einhorn)
• Ilse Voigt (Frau Prieselank)
• Karla Runkehl (Sabines Mutter)
• Erik S. Klein (Sabines Vater)
• Gerhard Bienert (Onkel Karl)
• Katharina Rothärmel (Frau Knuth)
• Susanne Roder (Juliane)
• Rolf Hoppe (Professor)
• Wolfram Handel (Generalmusikdirektor)
• Willi Schrade (Sportler)
• Pedro Hebenstreit (Alfred)
• Willi Neuenhahn (Wirt)
• Reiner Adler (Herr Hobohm)
• Rosemarie Schelenz (Frau Kräpel)
• Hans Heinrich Gülzow (Chorleiter)
• Waltraut Kramm (Glisse)
• Christoph Beyertt (Lehrer Hartgeb)
• Bodo Schmidt (Trabant-Fahrer)
• Klaus Ebeling (Abteilungsleiter)
• Jutta Langhoff (Obermeisterin)
• Eugen Peter Herden (Direktor)
• Christian Schlaak (Kind Frank)
• Werner Blaß (Mann der Patenbrigade)
• Werner Pfeifer (Angestellter)
• Heinz Klevenow (Ingenieur)
• Jürgen Mai (FDJ-Sekretär)
• Christel Leuner (Sekretärin)
• Theresia Wider (Referentin)
• Elke Niebelschütz (Pummeliges Mädchen)
• Petra Tschörtner (Peggy)
• Dietrich Schlief (Arzt)
• Stefan Bischof (Kind Hansel)
• Grit Pietrowski (Kind Sabine)
• Puhdys (Musikgruppe)
• Brot und Salz (Musikgruppe)

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Assistant Director / Co-Director

• Elke Niebelschütz

Camera Assistant

• Günter Sahr
• Klaus Zähler

Scenario

• Erwin Stranka

Production Design

• Marlene Willmann

Script Editor

• Anne Pfeuffer

Composer

• Karl-Ernst Sasse

Sound

• Werner Blass
• Gerhard Ribbeck

Musical Performance

• Brot und Salz (Musikgruppe) (Lied "Blues vom Abschied")
• Puhdys (Musikgruppe)

Costume Design

• Werner Bergemann

Make-Up

• Willi Gesche
• Waltraud Dietze

Production Manager

• Erich Albrecht

DEFA Photography

• Dieter Jaeger

Short Summary (German)

Knapp 18jährig wird Sabine aus dem Jugendwerkhof entlassen. Hineingekommen ist sie, weil ihr Freund Jimmy sie zum Zigarettenklauen verleitete. Sie liebt ihn noch immer, ist aber fest entschlossen, ein anderes Leben zu beginnen. Zu den Eltern will sie nicht zurück, deshalb mietet sie ein Zimmer und sucht sich Arbeit in einer Schuhfabrik. Dort kommt man der Neuen, deren Vergangenheit bekannt ist, mit Mißtrauen und sogar Ablehnung entgegen. Aber es gibt auch Kolleginnen, die sich ihrer annehmen. Sabine ist unbequem, weil sie ehrlich ihre Meinung sagt, und das verbessert ihren Stand nicht gerade. Sie deckt einen Betrug auf und trägt durch ihr Engagement dazu bei, daß die Arbeitsbedingungen verbessert werden. Am Ende geht sie wieder zu Jimmy; der sein Leben zwar nicht verändert hat, dem sie aber nun als eine andere gegenübertritt.

(Quelle: Das zweite Leben der Filmstadt Babelsberg. DEFA-Spielfilme 1946-1992)

Short Summary (Other Languages)

Appena diciottenne, Sabine viene rilasciata dal riformatorio, dove è stata internata per aver rubato delle sigarette per il fidanzato Jimmy. Benché sia ancora innamorata di lui, vuole iniziare una nuova vita. Per non ritornare a vivere con i genitori, la ragazzi si affitta una stanza e cerca lavoro in una fabbrica di scarpe dove, in virtù del suo passato, la accolgono con scetticismo. Sabine è una collaboratrice scomoda, senza peli sulla lingua, il che non migliora la sua posizione. Eppure, la ragazza riesce a scoprire una truffa e con la sua insistenza contribuisce a migliorare le condizioni di lavoro in fabbrica. Alla fine tornerà da Jimmy, che non ha cambiato il suo stile di vita, ma che la ragazza affronta con ritrovata consapevolezza. (Italienisch)