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| The Legend of Rita | |
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 German DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Volker Schlöndorff |
| Written by | Wolfgang Kohlhaase Volker Schlöndorff |
| Produced by | Arthur Hofer Emmo Lempert Friedrich-Carl Wachs |
| Starring | Bibiana Beglau Nadja Uhl Martin Wuttke Harald Schrott Mario Irrek Alexander Beyer Jenny Schily |
| Edited by | Peter Przygodda |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Die Stille nach dem Schuss (literally The Silence after the Shot[1]) is a 2000 German film that was released in English as The Legend of Rita (also sometimes referred to as Legends of Rita[2][3] or The Legends of Rita[4][5] or Rita's Legends[6][7]). The film focuses on collusion between the East German secret police, or Stasi, and the West German terrorist group Red Army Faction (RAF). The fictional characters all have close parallels to real-life RAF members. The script was reportedly based on events in the life of Inge Viett.[1]
- ^ a b Richard Corliss (2011-08-09). "Top 10 Berlin Wall Movies". Time. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ "Die Stille nach dem Schuss" (PDF). Internationale Filfestspiele Berlin. 2010.
- ^ "Legends of Rita". Turner Classic Movies.
- ^ "Die Stille nach dem Schuß". Internationale Filfestspiele Berlin. 2000.
- ^ "The Legends of Rita". European Film Awards. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ "Die Stille nach dem Schuss" (PDF). Internationale Filfestspiele Berlin. 2000.
- ^ Stephen Hunter (2001-06-15). "'Legend of Rita': Lives of a Terrorist". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
In its original German, it was "The Stillness After the Shot." One of its international English titles was "Rita's Legends." Of the possibilities, the most appropriate is not the one it now wears, but the variation of 1999, when it was known as "The Legends of Rita." That's because that pluralizing S gets at the reality of the film, which is about legends, not legend.