Directed by:
Konrad WolfCinematography:
Eberhard GeickComposer:
Günther FischerCast:
Renate Krößner, Alexander Lang, Heide Kipp, Dieter Montag, Klaus Brasch, Ulrich Anschütz, Ursula Braun, Michael Christian, Fred Düren, Hansjürgen Hürrig (more)Plots(1)
Sunny is a pop singer from Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district who spends her time playing gigs at small venues in the villages and small towns of the GDR. Admired and desired by men but by no means understood by them, she winds up in hospital after swallowing a hefty cocktail of sleeping pills and alcohol. This social misfit's dreams of 'going solo' in life are constantly thwarted by the expectations of the society in which she lives. Wolfgang Kohlhaase and Konrad Wolf make use of this dialectic to create a compelling contemporary drama. The film's obvious bias towards the protagonist and her determination to realise a personal dream unleashed a controversial debate when it was premiered in the GDR. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Renate Krößner
Germany
Best movies:
Solo Sunny (1980)
Invincible (2001)
Go for Zucker! (2004)
Alexander Lang
German Empire
Best movies:
Solo Sunny (1980)
Heide Kipp
Best movies:
Solo Sunny (1980)
Verbotene Liebe (1989)
Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle (1968)
Dieter Montag
Best movies:
Solo Sunny (1980)
Die schwarze Mühle (1975) (TV movie)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Klaus Brasch
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Solo Sunny (1980)
Die schwarze Mühle (1975) (TV movie)
Ulrich Anschütz
German Empire
Best movies:
Solo Sunny (1980)
The Girl and Death (2012)
Ein Sommer im Elsass (2012) (TV movie)
Ursula Braun
German Empire
Best movies:
Solo Sunny (1980)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Michael Christian
Germany
Best movies:
Solo Sunny (1980)
Das Große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck (1981) (TV movie)
Das unsichtbare Visier (1973) (series)
Fred Düren
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Aufenthalt (1983)
I Survived Certain Death (1960)
Solo Sunny (1980)
Hansjürgen Hürrig
German Empire
Best movies:
Solo Sunny (1980)
Carl & Bertha (2011) (TV movie)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Olaf Mierau
Best movies:
Solo Sunny (1980)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Tireur d'élite (1999)
Thomas Neumann
Germany
Best movies:
Solo Sunny (1980)
Barbara (2012)
Three (2010)
Tomasz Neuman
Poland
Best movies:
Lilja 4-ever (2002)
Solo Sunny (1980)
Drifters (2015)
Johanna Schall
East Germany
Best movies:
Solo Sunny (1980)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Bernd Stegemann
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Life Is All You Get (1997)
Harald Warmbrunn
German Empire
Best movies:
The Captain (2017)
Solo Sunny (1980)
Der Lange Ritt zur Schule (1982)
Uwe Zerbe
German Empire
Best movies:
The Tunnel (2001)
Solo Sunny (1980)
Operation Valkyrie (2004) (TV movie)
Peter Jahoda
West Germany
Best movies:
Solo Sunny (1980)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)