Hans Hardt-Hardtloff

After a breakdown, Rita returns to her childhood village. It is 1961. As she recovers, she remembers the past two years: her love for the chemist Manfred, ten years her senior; his enthusiasm about his new chemical process, which turned to bitter disappointment in the face of rejection; his escape to West Berlin a few weeks before the Wall was built; and his hope that she would follow him. (imdb)

Olaf and Horst are two young metalworkers, who clash with their older colleagues for their criticism of the inadequacy of working methods and the lack of materials, as well as showing their dissatisfaction with the rigid gray aesthetic prevailing through their taste for jackets leather, and motorcycles. (FILMAFFINITY)

High-school senior Peter considers the adults around him to be hypocritical, self-congratulatory and immersed in the past. He gets suspended for writing an essay that his teachers consider to be a challenge to the state. Just Don't Think I'll Cry became one of twelve films and film projects-almost an entire year's production-that were banned in 1965-1966 due to their alleged anti-socialist aspects. (DEFA Film Library)

East German romance about a nonconformist young school teacher and a disenchanted journalist turned fisherman. (imdb)