Everyone Dies Alone

Everyone Dies Alone Original title Jeder stirbt fr sich allein is a German film produced and released in West Germany in 1975, adapted from the Hans Fallada novel, Every Man Dies Alone. It was released in English in 1976. The book was based on the story of two ordinary Germans, Otto and Elise Hampel, who committed acts of civil disobedience against the Third Reich, were caught and sentenced to death.

The Lexikon des deutschen Films published in 1995 by German publisher Reclam called the film Vohrers most challenging work, stating further, albeit somewhat sentimental, but without sensationalist moments, this film adaptation comes near Falladas original. Especially haunting is the focused and unadorned performance by Hildegard Knef.There are two earlier screen adaptations of Falladas book and one later. The first filmed version was Falk Harnacks 1962 television play, Jeder stirbt fr sich allein produced and broadcast in West Germany. Anna and Otto Quangel were played by Edith SchultzeWestrum and Alfred Schieske. In 1970, DEFA produced a threepart miniseries, Jeder stirbt fr sich allein in East Germany, directed by HansJoachim Kasprzik. Elsa GrubeDeister and Erwin Geschonneck played the main roles and supported by Wolfgang Kieling and Fred Delmare among others. In 2004, a Czech version, I ve smrti sami, was produced as a television miniseries, directed by Duan Kleina and broadcast in the Czech Republic. ........

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