Having Babies?
Sibylle Schönemann’s film about abortion lets young and older women speak; women who were forced to abort by their partners or who chose to carry the baby to term despite predicted difficulties. Assembled as a kind of collage, a round table alternates with stylised passages, while the camera also shows moments in a clinic right before and after the procedure. The attitude vacillates between drama and affirmation of life. Liberal perspectives, with one exception, are left out. Schönemann, together with Tamara Trampe, almost managed to take up the complex issue in a feature film.
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Sibylle Schönemann Director · Klemens Piesker Cinematographer Silvia Roeser Editor
United States release November 10, 1976 · Produced in Germany, XG · Original title Kinder kriegen?
Production
Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen der DDR
Production
Germany · XG
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Original title
Kinder kriegen?
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
United States · November 10, 1976
Theatrical
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