''Her Third'' () is a 1972 East German (then GDR) film directed by

Egon Günther Egon Günther (30 March 1927 – 31 August 2017)
in: Tagesspiegel, 31 August 2017. ...

and starring

Jutta Hoffmann Jutta Hoffmann (born 3 March 1941) is a German actress. She has appeared in more than 40 films and television shows since 1961. Selected filmography * '' Her Third'' (1972) * '' Lotte in Weimar'' (1974) * ' (1978) * '' The Assault of the Presen ...

, Barbara Dittus,

Rolf Ludwig Rolf Ludwig (28 July 1925 – 27 March 1999) was a German actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1952 to 1997, performed on stage and did radio productions as well. Ludwig was awarded the National Prize, 2nd degree, for art and li ...

and

Armin Mueller-Stahl Armin Mueller-Stahl (born 17 December 1930) is a retired German actor who also appeared in numerous English-language films since the 1980s. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ''Shine (1996 film), Sh ...

. The film is based on the short story ''Unter den Bäumen regnet es zweimal'' by

Eberhard Panitz Eberhard Panitz (16 April 1932 – 1 October 2021) was a German writer, screenwriter, literary editor and publicist. He wrote epic works, documentaries, audio plays and scripts for films and television. He was committed to socialist realism, and ...

and tells the story of the single mother Margit looking for a new partner. The film was produced in 1971 by the DEFA film studio and premiered on 16 March, 1972 in

East Berlin East Berlin (; ) was the partially recognised capital city, capital of East Germany (GDR) from 1949 to 1990. From 1945, it was the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Soviet occupation sector of Berlin. The American, British, and French se ...

Plot

Margit Fließer (Jutta Hoffmann) is in her mid-thirties, has two children and has been divorced twice. She works as a mathematician in a medium-sized company where she is well respected by her colleagues. Margit has a shy and repressed personality due to her past and her childhood. Margit became a nurse in a Protestant order following the early death of her mother. Realizing that this vocation is not really for her she starts her studies at a university preparatory school. She falls in love with the lecturer Bachmann (Peter Köhncke), who becomes her first husband. The marriage fails, and she enters a second marriage with a blind man (

). But her new husband is a disappointment and this second marriage also fails. She now decides to find "her third" husband herself and not leaving it up to fate. She chooses Hrdlitschka (Rolf Ludwig), a colleague, but only after some efforts and with the help of her friend Lucie (Barbara Dittus) she is successful and wins Hrdlitschka as her third husband.

Cast

as Margit Flieser * Barbara Dittus as Lucie *

as The Blind Man *

as Hrdlitschka * Peter Köhncke as Bachmann * Erika Pelikowsky as Reverend Mother *

Christine Schorn Christine Schorn (born 1 February 1944) is a German actress. Schorn has appeared in multiple films and TV shows including '' Apprehension'' (1982), '' According to the Plan'' (2007) and ''Das Leben ist nichts für Feiglinge'' (2012). Filmograph ...

as Young Woman * Jaecki Schwarz as Young Man *

Klaus Manchen Klaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas. Notable persons whose family name is Klaus * Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American baseba ...

as Lucies's friend

Awards and honors

''Her Third'' won two National Prizes in 1972, a third class national prize for

Egon Günther Egon Günther (30 March 1927 – 31 August 2017)
in: Tagesspiegel, 31 August 2017. ...

for Achievements in Directing and a second class national prize for Jutta Hoffmann for Achievements in Acting. The film was screened at the

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (, KVIFF) is an annual film festival held in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern Eur ...

in 1972 and at the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the ...

in 1972, where Jutta Hoffmann won an award for Best Actor in the category ''Venezia Critici''. ''Her Third'' was also chosen as East Germany's official submission to the

46th Academy Awards The 46th Academy Awards were presented on Tuesday, April 2, 1974, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. The ceremonies were presided over by Burt Reynolds, Diana Ross, John Huston, and David Niven. ''The Sting'' won 7 a ...

for

Best Foreign Language Film The following is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various films, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Bes ...

, but did not manage to receive a nomination.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

References

External links

*
''Her Third''
at filmportal.de/en
Der Dritte
on th
DEFA-Stiftung
web site {{DEFAULTSORT:Her Third 1972 films East German films Films set in Berlin Films based on German short stories Films directed by Egon Günther 1970s German-language films 1972 LGBTQ-related films Lesbian-related films Bisexuality-related films Films about female bisexuality German LGBTQ-related films German drama films

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