Where Others Keep Silent (German: Wo andere schweigen) is a 1984 East German drama film directed by Ralf Kirsten. It was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.
, 1h41 Réalisé parRalf Kirsten GenresComédie, Musical, Romance ThèmesMusique ActeursManfred Krug, Rolf Herricht, Peter Sturm, Rolf Römer, Carola Braunbock, Karl-Ernst Sasse Note62% Martin Hoff, a steel smelter and an amateur actor and Jazz singer, is sent to a drama school by his factory's committee. Due to his troublesome conduct, he is expelled. Hoff meets a young woman called Ottilie who is unimpressed by him; he bets with his friends that he shall manage to charm her. Hoff begins to work in the construction site where she serves as a group manager, although she has troubles enforcing her will on her male subordinates. He only has success with her after director Jens Krüger guides him to become a diligent laborer. In addition to his work, he continues to perform in amateur plays. When theater manager Pabst sees him acting, he invites him to join his cast. Hoff and Ottilie decide to marry.
, 1h35 Réalisé parWalter Bockmayer GenresDrame ActeursPeter Kern, Barbara Valentin, Katja Rupé, Armin Meier, Evelyn Künneke Note65% Peter Huber (Peter Kern), the proprietor of a Bavarian corner newsstand, wins a free trip to New York City in a magazine contest, he is overjoyed. Filled with romantic ideas from the movies, his actual encounter with the gritty realities of the Big Apple are sobering. Nonetheless, he is in for the adventure of his life. First, he meets Karola Faber (Barbara Valentin), the German wife of a U.S. G.I. who has found life in the States not all it’s cracked up to be: she has left her husband and makes her living through prostitution. Peter and Karola visit the local German émigré community’s Oktoberfest, and win the festival’s King and Queen crown. Their prize is a cow, which accompanies them on their further journeys in New York City.