Director: Konrad Wolf, Wolfgang Kohlhaase
With: Renate Krößner, Alexander Lang, Dieter Montag
Language: German, Hebrew subtitles
Solo Sunny
An East German classic, considered one of the important films of East German cinema.
Sunny sings in a band trying to establish themselves in the East-Berlin music scene. They play regular gigs in small towns, but Sunny feels out of touch with the audience and her life as a whole. She begins a relationship with amateur saxophonist and studied philosopher Ralph, who writes her a very personal song, but his obsession with death and unfaithful lifestyles is not for her. After quarrelling with a bandmate who harasses her and telling off a show-host, she's thrown out of the band. Abandoned, she struggles to regain control of her life.
The story explores themes of artistic freedom, gender roles, and the price of nonconformity in a socialist society. Sunny's struggles reflect the broader tensions between personal dreams and social reality in the GDR, making her both a specific character and a symbol of creative rebellion against restrictive systems.
The film won the FIPRESCI Critics' Prize at the Berlin International Film Festival and the reader jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost". Renate Krößner won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival for her role as Sunny.
Before the screening, we will host a short talk by Soundtrack Tel Aviv artistic director, Dana Kessler.
Total duration of the event: approx. 115 mins
The screening is in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Israel.