Fallada: The Last Chapter - 1988

This biographical film is set in 1937, with Fallada suffering the effects of living under a microscope. The film details his decline, as he is intermittently imprisoned and threatened in order to motivate him to write for the Fatherland. Even the attention of his kind, patient wife and loving children begin to feel oppressive to him. This is one of the few films to take a serious, in-depth look at the tribulations of a creative artist pulled in all different directions by the real world.

101min
1988
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.6/10

About Fallada: The Last Chapter

Fallada: The Last Chapter Overview

This biographical film is set in 1937, with Fallada suffering the effects of living under a microscope. The film details his decline, as he is intermittently imprisoned and threatened in order to motivate him to write for the Fatherland. Even the attention of his kind, patient wife and loving children begin to feel oppressive to him. This is one of the few films to take a serious, in-depth look at the tribulations of a creative artist pulled in all different directions by the real world.

Runtime: 101min

Extra details

Original Title: Fallada - letztes Kapitel
Original Language: German
Directed By: Roland Gräf
Production Companies
DEFA