Die Mutter und das Schweigen
1966, German. Directed by Wolfgang Luderer.
Based on a true story from 1936: Klara Baumann, a working-class woman, communist and mother, flees her German homeland for neighboring Czechoslovakia. When a party courier is arrested in Berlin, Klara agrees to return to Germany with illegal material. On behalf of the central courier service, she returned to Germany illegally many times, risking her life, in constant fear of being caught. When the illegal party cell in a large Berlin factory is arrested, Klara distributes the latest issue of the Red Signal on her own. She wants to prove to the Gestapo that she has imprisoned the wrong people. Authentic story of a communist and mother who flees her German homeland for neighboring Czechoslovakia in 1936.
- Runtime
- 2h 46m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Wolfgang LudererDirector
- Erika DunkelmannKlara Baumann
- Helga GöringElse Ackerknecht
- Jutta WachowiakLili Hermann
- Hans Hardt-HardtloffAckerknecht
- Günter JunghansGefangener
- Frank MichelisPortier
- Ruth KommerellMilchverkäuferin
- Günter RügerSekretär des Kommissars
- Traute SenseReisende
- Ruth-Maria KemperCast
- Angela BrunnerCast
- Wilfried OrtmannCast
Details
- Released
- 4 March 1966
- Country
- East Germany, Germany
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Die Mutter und das Schweigen runs 166 minutes (2h 46m).
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Die Mutter und das Schweigen isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 March 1966. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Die Mutter und das Schweigen?
Die Mutter und das Schweigen (1966) was directed by Wolfgang Luderer and stars Erika Dunkelmann, Helga Göring, Jutta Wachowiak.