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Director Horst E. Brandt

Writer Claus Küchenmeister (Writer), Wera Küchenmeister (Writer), Horst E. Brandt (Writer)

Release Date December 6, 1984

Runtime 93 min (1h 33m)

Country East Germany, Germany

Language DE

Budget N/A

Box Office N/A

Studios DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Der Lude (1984)

Name: Der Lude
Genre: Drama
Released: 1984-12-06
Rating: 4.5

Directed by Horst E. Brandt

• Written by Claus Küchenmeister , Wera Küchenmeister , Horst E. Brandt

⭐ 4.5 / 5 (1 votes) ⏱️ 93 min 🎬 Drama

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'Rating Consensus & Critics'

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MATCHCUT Members

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TOMATOMETER Critics

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METASCORE Top Critics

9.0 / 10

TMDB (1)

Ratings Breakdown:

1 TMDB votes

0.5 Stars 'Community distribution populates with member logs' 5.0 Stars

Synopsis

Berlin in the early 1930s. Bello is an unemployed young man who loves the underage Frieda. In order to earn a living for both of them, Frieda goes on the streets. An inspector from the political department takes advantage of this to blackmail Bello into providing informer services. But that's not all. A jealousy murder among pimps, whose victim is a high-ranking Nazi, is blamed on the Communists, and Bello is supposed to be the key witness. He refuses. When the Nazis come to power, they reopen the case to turn the murdered man into a martyr. Bello still refuses. He now believes he is safe because Frieda is now of age. But he pays for his refusal with his life.