Just Don't Think I'll Cry
6.5
High-school senior Peter considers the adults around him to be hypocritical, self-congratulatory, and immersed in the past. He gets suspended for writing an essay that his teachers consider to be a challenge to the state. Just Don't Think I'll Cry became one of twelve films and film projects-almost an entire year's production-that were banned in 1965-1966 due to their alleged anti-socialist aspects. Although scenes and dialogs were altered and the end was reshot twice, officials condemned this title as "particularly harmful." In 1989, cinematographer Ost restored the original version, and this and most of the other banned films were finally screened in January 1990. Belatedly, they were acclaimed as masterpieces of critical realism.
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Peter Reusse
Peter Neumann
Also in
The Adventures of Werner Holt
The Crazy Smell of Fresh Hay
Anne-Kathrein Kretzschmar
Anne
Also in
Karl May
Ways across the Country
Manfred Freitag
Günter Ost
Frank Vogel
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Annes Vater
Also in
Divided Heaven
The Sons of Great Bear
Joachim Nestler
Hans-Dieter Hosalla
Jutta Hoffmann
Uschi
Known for
Bandits
Helga Krause
Dieter Scharfenberg
Helga Göring
Frau Naumann
Also in
Spreewaldfamilie
Drei reizende Schwestern
Frank Vogel Director · Manfred Freitag Writer Joachim Nestler Writer
First release October 25, 1965 · Produced in XG, Germany · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
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DEFA
Production
XG · Germany
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Original title
Denk bloß nicht, ich heule
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · October 25, 1965
Limited theatrical · East Germany
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
February 13, 1990 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
April 27, 1990 · Theatrical · East Germany
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