The Legends of Rita

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The Legends of Rita

2000,

1h 43m,

Drama

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80%

15 Reviews

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75%

500+ Ratings

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15 Reviews

75%

Popcornmeter

500+ Ratings

Rita Vogt (Bibiana Beglau) is seduced into the terrorist movement through her sense of justice and her love for Andi (Harald Schrott). Years later, realizing the movement is falling apart, she goes underground, hiding out in East Germany. With the help of a Stasi agent named Erwin Hull (Martin Wuttke), she assumes a new identity amidst the everyday world of the working class. As much as she wants to fit in, her young co-worker Tatjana (Nadja Uhl) wants to get out, to escape to the west.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Apr 16, 2001

3.5/4

The Legend of Rita doesn't adopt a simplistic political view. It's not propaganda for either side, but the story of how the division and reunification of Germany swept individual lives away indifferently in its tide.

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Jason Gorber

Film Scouts

Jun 21, 2007

C

The film could have been an insightful examination of the East/West divide that kept Germany apart for almost half a century. Instead, the film's early potential slows to a halt, and the predictable machine of melodrama takes over..."

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Maria Garcia

Film Journal International

Apr 7, 2007

Excellent performances by lead actors Beglau and Martin Wuttke...as well as an unforgettable performance by Nadja Uhl...humanize the unfamiliar internal politics of Germany.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Jul 23, 2005

2/5

Eric Lurio

Greenwich Village Gazette

Nov 7, 2003

But there's the problem with character's past...that Baglau portrays Rita as a sweet young thing is just disconcerting.

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TV Guide

Jul 30, 2003

4/5

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Volker Schlöndorff

Director

Bibiana Beglau

Rita Vogt

Martin Wuttke

Erwin Hull

Nadja Uhl

Tatjana

Harald Schrott

Andreas Klein

Alexander Beyer

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Synopsis

Rita Vogt (Bibiana Beglau) is seduced into the terrorist movement through her sense of justice and her love for Andi (Harald Schrott). Years later, realizing the movement is falling apart, she goes underground, hiding out in East Germany. With the help of a Stasi agent named Erwin Hull (Martin Wuttke), she assumes a new identity amidst the everyday world of the working class. As much as she wants to fit in, her young co-worker Tatjana (Nadja Uhl) wants to get out, to escape to the west.

Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Producer: Arthur Hofer, Emmo Lempert, Friedrich-Carl Wachs
Screenwriter: Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Volker Schlöndorff
Distributor: Kino Pictures
Production Co: Babelsberg Film GmbH, Mitteldeutsches Filmkontor, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 16, 2000, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 21, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $71.6K
Runtime: 1h 43m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby A
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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