Tonight and Tomorrow Morning
Tonight and Tomorrow Morning
Language
DE
Subtitle
EN
Genre
Drama
Country
East Germany
Year
1980
Director
Dietmar Hochmuth
Cast
Christine Schorn, Rolf Hoppe, Jan Spitzer, Trude Bechmann, Barbara Schnitzler, Hanna Rieger, Mike Lindner, John Mouslon, Mario Turra, Lydia Billiet
Length
54 minutes
This nearly forgotten low-budget darling follows the night of a lonely woman who works as a dentist as she decides to break her daily doldrums and spend the night out for a change. Over the course of one night in East Berlin, she encounters several characters outside of her typical experience. Whimsical and touching, Tonight and Tomorrow Morning is a sensitive love letter to a metropolis and the humble citizens who occupy it. Remarkably banned by officials for its “negative” depiction of East Berlin, Dietmar Hochmuth’s graduation thesis film weaves together two short stories by Helga Schubert into a sentimental ode to the beauty of quotidian nights and weekends.
Image © DEFA-Stiftung / Jürgen Lenz