Die Stille nach dem Schuss (2000)
19KDie Stille nach dem Schuss: Directed by Volker Schlöndorff. With Bibiana Beglau, Martin Wuttke, Nadja Uhl, Harald Schrott. The riveting true story of Rita Vogt, a 1970s West German terrorist who escapes to the East with the help of the Stasi. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, until it unavoidably happens after the German re-unification.
“u0026#39;the legend of ritau0026#39; is an unfortunately choice of title when compared to the German u0026#39;die stille nach dem schussu0026#39;. The film is about how members of small armed revolutionary groups come to terms with what remains of their lives (u0026#39;die stilleu0026#39;) between/after periods of action (u0026#39;dem Schussu0026#39;), not principally about one person, let alone their u0026#39;legendu0026#39;, even if there is only one character who is continually present.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSince the group in question hides out for a period in the ddr, a number of occasions arise in which the politics of armed guerillas and that of the ddr are compared, and both appear a long way off the kind of broad participatory socialism they are often mistakenly taken to aspire to. The exchanges between the main stasi officer and rita about the role of violence and the state are particularly priceless.”
