Germany, Pale Mother

Germany, Pale Mother
Theatrical release poster
GermanDeutschland bleiche Mutter
Directed byHelma Sanders-Brahms
Written byHelma Sanders-Brahms
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJürgen Jürges
Edited by
  • Uta Periginelli
  • Elfie Tillack
Music byJürgen Knieper
Production
companies
  • Helma Sanders-Brahms Filmproduktion
  • Literarisches Colloquium
  • WDR
Distributed byBasis-Film Verleih
Release dates
  • 20 February 1980 (1980-02-20) (Berlin)
  • 26 September 1980 (1980-09-26) (West Germany)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Germany, Pale Mother (German: Deutschland bleiche Mutter) is a 1980 West German drama film written and directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms. It premiered at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival in 1980, where it was nominated for a Golden Bear award. The title is taken from the poem of the same name by Bertolt Brecht.

It was not released in the United States until 1984. The film was restored and re-released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United Kingdom in 2015 by the British Film Institute.[1][2]

  1. ^ French, Philip (12 July 2015). "Germany, Pale Mother review – highly stylised account of a family in freefall". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Germany, Pale Mother (Blu-ray)". BFI Shop. Retrieved 1 August 2023.