Isabel on the Stairs
1984 · 68 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · DIR. Hannelore Unterberg
Overview
Twelve-year-old Isabel and her mother, who was a famous political singer, had to escape Chile after the 1973 military coup. Isabel’s father stayed behind fighting in the underground. For six years, they have lived in a new apartment building in East Berlin. At first, the neighbors made an effort to welcome them, but later became more distant. Isabel does not feel at home in the strange country. Not even her friendship to Philip, the neighbors’ son, can change her mind. Almost every day, Isabel sits on the stairs waiting for a letter from her father, from whom she has not heard for many years.
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00:00:14 That's them.
00:02:01 Fricassee is the same word! Wow!
00:03:57 Potatoes. Potato dumplings, flour, salad...
00:08:16 Just because.
00:10:01 -May I offer you a coffee? -No, thank you.
00:11:48 This is Rosita Perez, a folk singer from Chile,
00:18:58 Max, come on!
00:22:04 Grandpa can't come every week.
00:26:22 When will we meet her?
00:29:07 Mama!
00:32:20 I walked to visit the city in peace.
00:34:33 Who talks such nonsense?
00:38:26 -Dieter! -We don't want any now!
00:40:32 Do you want to try it?
00:42:47 You can have more if you like it.
00:45:09 I cut myself.
00:48:06 ...is a good place to live. Bad people don't have music.
00:49:47 But would you like to come in anyway?
00:52:05 -That's too bad. -Yes.
00:54:31 Yeah, so?
00:56:59 And if your father is still alive?
00:59:03 that as neighbors you have no contact with each other.
01:03:22 -How tall it is! -Really nice!
01:07:28 She'll be better soon.
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