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So Many Dreams

1986 · 86 min

A quiet, serious character study that weighs private conscience against public honor, asking for patience and rewarding it with emotional honesty.

Directed by
Heiner Carow
Genres
Drama
Overview
Karin, a well-known and loved midwife in her early forties, receives a high-order decoration from the state. While still overwhelmed with happiness about this honor, she is faced with a difficult decision when she encounters a young women who claims to be her daughter.

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Directed by
Heiner Carow
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • parenthood
  • guilt
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Heiner Carow
Written by
Heiner Carow, Wolfram Witt
Starring
Jutta Wachowiak, Dagmar Manzel, Gudrun Okras, Christian Grashof, Peter René Lüdicke, Heinz Hupfer, Thomas Hinrich, Christine Harbort
Music
Stefan Carow
Cinematography
Peter Ziesche
Runtime
86 min
Country
East Germany
Languages
German

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