The Bicycle

Year: 1982

Actors: Heidemarie Schneider, Roman Kaminski, Heidrun Bartholomäus, Hilmar Baumann, ...

Duration: 88 min

Susanne is a young single mother who lives a somewhat "carefree" lifestyle. After quitting her job, she finds herself in trouble financially and attempts a minor insurance fraud to make ends meet. Despite its rare view of everyday socialism from a woman's perspective, East German officials were critical of this frank portrayal of a less-than-ideal socialist citizen an...

Genre: Action   Drama