Sieben Sommersprossen

Alternative title: Seven Freckles
Synopsis: A DEFA feature film about a childhood friendship that turns into first love. The blossoming love between 14-year old Karoline (Kareen Schröter) and 15-year old Robert (Harald Rathmann) is hampered by the strict morals and routines of the holiday camp that both are visiting. They get a chance to act out their emotions and to articulate the difficulty of their situation when they are cast as lead in the camp’s production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
Language: German (Standard)
Country: Germany
Medium: Film
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of release: 1978
Duration: 2164 m feet

Director

Herrmann Zschoche

Cinematographer

Günter Jaeuthe

Editor

Rita Hiller

Screenplay

Christa Kozik; Herrmann Zschoche

Music

Gunther Erdmann; Peter Gotthardt

Costume

Isolde Warczycek

Art Direction

Harry Leupold

Contributor

Gabriele Herzog

Cast

Anette Holzmann	Tina
Barbara Dittus	Karoline’s mother
Carola Braunbock	Cook
Carola Spindler	Doris
Christa Löser	Frau Kränkel
Evelyn Opoczynski	Bettina
Hannes Stelzer	Head of the Agricultural Cooperative (LPG)
Harald Rathmann	Robert
Hilmar Baumann	Robert’s father
Jan Bereska	Benedikt
Janine Beilfuß	Marlene
Kareen Schröter	Karoline
Michael Böttcher	Paulchen
Reneé Rudolph	Micha
Sabine Schmich	Johanna

Notes: Commercially available as part of the DEFA Greatest Love Films DVD collection, ‘Romantische Momente - Die schönsten Liebesfilme der DEFA’ (Icestorm Entertainment, 2008).
History: The film premiered on 5/10/1978.
Reviews: Source: DEFA Database, www. filmportal.de (accessed 11/2008)

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