''Zwei Mütter'' () is a 1957

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film directed by

Frank Beyer Frank Paul Beyer (; 26 May 1932 – 1 October 2006) was a German film director. In East Germany he was one of the most important film directors, working for the state film monopoly DEFA (film studio), DEFA and directed films that dealt mostl ...

and based on a screenplay by Leonie Ossowski. The film was Beyer's graduation film at the Film School of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) in

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. It tells the story of two women, one French and the other German, who fight for a child who has been mistakenly taken by the Germans after a bomb raid. The film had a theatrical release and became a popular success with more than two million tickets sold in East Germany, but was also criticized for "lack of a stance" and "bourgeois pacifism".

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1957 films East German films Films directed by Frank Beyer 1957 directorial debut films 1950s German-language films 1950s German films Films scored by Joachim Werzlau {{1950s-Germany-film-stub