Solo Sunny

Solo Sunny is a 1980 East German drama film directed by Konrad Wolf and Wolfgang Kohlhaase. It was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival, where Renate Krner won the Silver Bear for Best Actress. Solo Sunny was the last completed film directed by Konrad Wolf.

Wolfgang Kohlhaase, East Germanys most important screenwriter, wrote the screenplay for Solo Sunny and was made codirector of the film.gt The inspiration for this film was a German singer named Sanije Torka who was born of eastern European immigrant parents. Jutta Voigt, a German journalist who interviewed Torka and had connections to Kohlhaase, was a consultant for the film. The information used for the film drew on an interview Voigt had done with the singer in 1976 that was never published because her lifestyle did not fit East German socialist views.The composer for the songs used in Solo Sunny was Gnther Fischer, a jazz musician. Regine Dobbershtz, a German singer, sang all of the songs that were performed by Sunny in the film, and it was her greatest success as a singer. ........

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