Solo Sunny
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Sunny is the singer of a band trying to establish itself in the East Berlin music scene. They play regular gigs in small towns, but Sunny feels out of touch with the audience and with her life as a whole. She begins a relationship with Ralph, an amateur saxophonist and philosophy student, who writes her a very personal song—but his obsession with death and unfaithful lifestyle are not for her. After getting into a quarrel with a band member who harasses her and telling off a show host, she is thrown out of the band. Abandoned, she struggles to regain control over her life.
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Cast
19 people
Renate Krößner
Ingrid „Sunny“ Sommer
Known for
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Fred Düren
Arzt
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Ursula Braun
Frau Pfeiffer
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Anna und das Familiengespenst
You and Nothing and Berlin
Heide Kipp
Christine
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Spuk im Hochhaus
Forbidden Love
Dieter Montag
Harry
Known for
1864
Alexander Lang
Ralph
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Der Leutnant Yorck von Wartenburg
Klaus Brasch
Norbert
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The Black Mill
Jacob the Liar
Ulrich Anschütz
Grafiker
Also in
Superstau
Rottenknechte
Michael Christian
Mann
Also in
Das Geheimnis des Ödipus
The Blue One
Johanna Schall
Neue
Also in
Selbstversuch
Cascade Backwards
Hansjürgen Hürrig
Hubert
Also in
The Weissensee Saga
Die Luftbrücke
Olaf Mierau
Udo
Also in
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Wolfgang Kohlhaase Director · Konrad Wolf Director Eberhard Geick Cinematographer
First release January 18, 1980 · Produced in XG, Germany · Production Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe ''Babelsberg'', DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe ''Babelsberg''
Production
DEFA
Production
XG · Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
XG · January 18, 1980
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
China
April 18, 2025 · Premiere · Beijing International Film Festival
Estonia
November 9, 2024 · Premiere · Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
France
February 8, 2000 · TV
April 4, 2022 · TV · ARTE
Germany
February 1, 1980 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
April 10, 1980 · Theatrical · West Germany
February 14, 2025 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Hungary
August 13, 1981 · Theatrical
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