Biology!
5.3
A small town shortly before the end of the GDR: 15-year-old Ulla lives with her mother in a dilapidated old building where not even the electricity works properly. Economy of scarcity and national bankruptcy are visible everywhere. Only higher party comrades live in the lap of luxury. When Ulla meets Winfried after a summer bathing trip, the two fall in love. Winfried is the son of an influential general director and owns things from West Germany that others only dream of: a computer, a games console, a walkman. On an excursion with her biology class, the high school student discovers that a dacha is being built in the middle of the nature reserve and the creek has been dammed. Winfried's father turns out to be the culprit, but the mayor is on his side. Ulla rebels against this environmental destruction connected to political corruption and organizes a protest. Her activism not only endangers her own future, but also her first great love.
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Cast
28 people
Stefanie Stappenbeck
Ulla
Known for
Class Reunion 1.0
Nick: Off Duty
Cornelius Schulz
Winfried
No other roles listed
Jörg Foth
Also in
Blue Bird
Stein
Gabriele Kotte
Haike Brauer
Uta Reckzeh
Birgit
No other roles listed
Wolfgang Müller
Michael Göthe
Robert Arnold
Ralph
Wolf Spillner
Christoph Theusner
Carl Heinz Choynski
Lehrer Hansen
Known for
Türkisch für Anfänger
Men in the City
Jörg Foth Director · Wolfgang Müller Writer Gabriele Kotte Writer
First release May 28, 1990 · Produced in XG · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
XG
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Biologie!
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · May 28, 1990
Premiere · Nationales Spielfilmfestival der DDR, Ost-Berlin
Germany · October 12, 1990
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
September 20, 1990 · Premiere · Schwerin, Kammerkino, DDR
October 3, 1991 · TV · ZDF
July 3, 2020 · Physical · DVD
May 8, 2021 · TV · MDR
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