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Weiberwirtschaft

Director: Peter Kahane, 44 Min., Color, Feature Film
Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR)
1983

Film/Video Format
35 mm
Length in m
1224
English Title
Petticoat Rule
Premiere Date
Release Date (for Cinema)
Premiere Air Date (for TV)
Literary Source
Nowotny, Joachim: "Weiberwirtschaft", Erzählung
Film poster for "Weiberwirtschaft"

(Dir.: Peter Kahane, 1983) Graphic Design: Gumm

Short Summary (English)

Shortly after the end of World War II, young carpenter Achim is sent to a remote farm to do some repair work. Three women from different generations administer the farm on their own: Daughter, mother, and grandmother. There are no men around since grandmother Hanna has lost her husband in World War I, and mother Gertrud’s husband died in World War II. Although daughter Heidi is old enough to marry, she is neither engaged nor married. Thus, hardworking, yet shy Achim is the only man around. The three women look after him, pamper him, and make it perfectly clear that they would like Achim to stay around even after the repair work is done. But Achim feels that their feelings for him are forced - the mother tries to seduce him, while the grandmother tries to couple him with her granddaughter - and is repelled by their attempts. As soon as he has done the repair work, Achim leaves the farm.

(Quelle: filmportal)

Film still for "Weiberwirtschaft"

(Dir.: Peter Kahane, 1983) Photography: Klaus Zähler

Film still for "Weiberwirtschaft"

(Dir.: Peter Kahane, 1983) Photography: Klaus Zähler

Film Crew

Director
  • Peter Kahane
Script
  • Peter Kahane
Camera
  • Andreas Köfer
Film Editing
  • Sabine Schmager
Cast
  • Mirko Haninger (Achim)
  • Martina Eitner (Heidi)
  • Käthe Reichel (Hanna)
  • Christine Schorn (Gertrud)
  • Martin Trettau (Alter)
  • Günter Ringe (Polier)
  • Heinz Hupfer (Altgeselle)
  • Werner Riemann (Maurer)
  • Peter Gothe (Maurer)
  • Gerhard Thom (Kiesgrubenarbeiter)
  • Erwin Erbach (Traktorist)
Assistant Director
  • Sigrid Meyer
Assistant Camera
  • Eckhart (auch: Eckhardt) Hartkopf
  • Klaus Zähler
Scenario
  • Wolfgang Ebeling
Production Design
  • Lothar Kuhn
Script Editing
  • Christel Gräf
Music
  • Günther Fischer
Sound
  • Rainer Haase
  • Helga Kadenbach (Tonmischung)
Costume Design
  • Dorit Gründel
Make-Up
  • Karin Menzel
  • Ingeborg Pfenniger
Props
  • Günter Puhlmann
Production Management
  • Manfred Renger
Unit Production Management
  • Wolf-Dieter Zech
  • Stefan Wesenberg
DEFA Photography
  • Klaus Zähler

Short Summary (German)

(Koproduktion mit dem Fernsehen der DDR)

Kurz nach 1945. Achim, ein junger Zimmermann, wird nach dreijähriger Lehrzeit auf ein abgelegenes Bauerngehöft geschickt, um es instand zu setzten. Drei Frauen verschiedener Generationen bewirtschaften den Hof allein. Die Großmutter Hanna hat ihren Mann im Ersten Weltkrieg verloren, die Mutter Gertrud den ihren im Zweiten. Die Tochter Heidi ist noch jung, aber schon heiratsfähig. Der fleißige, schüchterne Junge kommt den Frauen äußerst gelegen, sie verwöhnen ihn, machen ihm auf eindeutige Weise klar, dass er ihnen nicht nur als Handwerker genehm ist. Die Mutter verführt ihn, die Großmutter deckt mit ihm das Dach und versucht, ihn mit der Enkeltochter zu verkuppeln. Doch als er die Arbeit beendet hat, ergreift der junge Mann die Flucht.

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

Short Summary (Other Languages)

Poco dopo il 1945, dopo tre anni di apprendistato, un giovane carpentiere viene chiamato a fare dei lavori in una fattoria, guidata da tre generazioni di donne. Hanna, la nonna, ha perso suo marito nella prima guerra mondiale, sua figlia Gertrud il suo nella seconda. Heidi, la nipote, è ancora giovane, ma già in età da marito. Le tre donne accolgono con piacere il diligente e timido ragazzo, facendogli subito capire, quanto la sua presenza si gradita al di là del lavoro. Mentre la madre cerca di sedurlo, la nonna lo sfrutta per finire il tetto, cercando di metterlo insieme a sua nipote. Terminati i lavori, il giovane si darà alla fuga. (Italienisch)

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