Sunny is the singer of band trying to establish itself in the music-scene of East-Berlin. They play regular gigs in small towns, but Sunny feels out of touch with the audience and her life as a whole. She begins a relationship with the amateur saxophonist and studied philosopher Ralph who writes her a very personal song - but his obsession with death and unfaithful lifestyle is not for her. After getting into a quarrel with a band member who harasses her and telling off a show-host she is thrown out of the band. Abandoned, she struggles to regain control over her life.
Acting
Krößner's electric presence — she IS the film
Direction
Wolf captures live performance chaos perfectly
Writing
Kohlhaase's dialogue crackles with working-class wit
Director
Konrad Wolf
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made in the actual GDR with state approval, yet somehow captures dissident energy — a miracle of bureaucratic loopholes.
Renate Krößner won Best Actress at Berlinale 1980, beating Western stars — the first East German to do so.
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