The Green Bird
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The love story between a German cancer researcher and her Polish colleague that drags on for more than ten years. Both are married, which rules out marriage, but fuels their passion, as they only see each other a few days a year at medical congresses.
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Cast
25 people
Hannelore Elsner
Dr. Renate Winter
Known for
100 Things
Cherry Blossoms
Krystyna Janda
Katzka Widuchowski
Known for
Decalogue II
Man of Marble
István Szabó
Also in
I Served the King of England
Shem
Manfred Durniok
Lajos Koltai
Rolf von Sydow
Professor
Also in
Born Black
Die Insel der Krebse
Klaus Michael Kühn
Péter Andorai
Jan Widuchowski
Known for
My Twentieth Century
Mephisto
Jerzy Rutowicz
Danuta Szaflarska
Polnische Professorin
Known for
Aftermath
Antje Petersen
Johanna Elbauer
Barbara
Also in
Parachute
Cinderella
István Szabó Director · Lajos Koltai Cinematographer Eva-Maria Grohmann Editor
First release February 24, 1980 · Produced in Germany · Production SR, Saarländischer Rundfunk
Production
Manfred Durniok Filmproduktion
Production
SR
Production
Saarländischer Rundfunk
Production
Germany
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Original title
Der grüne Vogel
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · February 24, 1980
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
September 11, 1983 · TV premiere
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