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''Zu jeder Stunde'' (English-language title: ''Always On Duty'') is an
East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
black-and-white film Black-and-white (B&W or B/W) images combine black and white in a continuous spectrum, producing a grayscale, range of shades of gray, shades of grey. Media The history of various visual media began with black and white, and as technology imp ...
, directed by Heinz Thiel. It was released in 1960.


Plot

Border Troops' soldier Martin arrives in a village on the
Inner German border The inner German border (german: Innerdeutsche Grenze or ; initially also ) was the border between the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West Germany) from 1949 to 1990. Not including the ...
. He falls in love with a local girl, Renate. Their relationship is opposed to by her father, who promised her to the son of farmer Grabow. When Grabow plans to leave to the West with the aid of the corrupt officer Zimmer, Martin discovers their plans and informs his superiors, although Zimmer was his friend.


Cast

* Rolf Stövesand as Martin Kraft * Erika Radtke as Renate Wedel * Hans-Peter Minetti as Hermann Höhne * Roman Silberstein as Heinz Tröger * Manfred Borgesas Schlegel * Erich Franz as Otto Grabow * Otmar Richter as Felix Grabow * Rolf Ripperger as Fred Wedel *
Hans Finohr Hans (Johannes) Finohr (5 September 1891–8 November 1966) was a German actor. Biography Finohr was born in the village of Rynnek, West Prussia, Imperial Germany and gained his first stage experiences at Heiligenbeil (Mamonovo). He worke ...
as Arthur Wedel * Fritz Diez as Father Kraft, the priest * Werner Lierck as Köhler * Josef Stauder as Schröder *
Horst Kube Horst Kube (1920–1976) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse'' (1955) * ''A Berlin Romance'' (1956) * ''Der Fackelträger'' (1957) * '' Schlösser und Katen'' (1957) * ''Don't Forget My Little Trau ...
as Erich Willembrot *
Harry Hindemith Harry Hindemith (16 June 1906 – 21 January 1973) was a German actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1944 to 1973. Filmography References External links * 1906 births 1973 deaths German male film actors {{Germany ...
as Marian Klein


Production

The DEFA Commission reviewed 58 scripts that were proposed for filming in the years 1959/60. Four of those were dubbed as "aesthetic films", and were all centered on portraying Christians as backward and reactionary. Out of the four, State Secretary of Cinema Erich Wendt authorized one script, that became the basis to ''Always on Duty''. Although the picture was produced, the improvement in church and state relations in East Germany during 1960 prompted several changes in the plot, and the picture's antagonists were not presented as devout Catholics.


Reception

Miera and Antonin Liehm cited ''Zu Jeder Stunde'' as one of DEFA's "contemporary socialist films."Miera Liehm, Antonin J. Liehm . ''The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945''. . Page 266. The ''Der Monat'' journal's critic wrote that while viewing the film, "the public could be impressed by the alertness of the Border Troops." The German Film Lexicon regarded it as "unassuming, propagandistic, not persuading and artistically weak, as well as full of stereotypes."
Zu jeder Stunde
' on zweitausendeins.de.


References


External links

* {{IMDb title, 0235100
''Zu jeder Stunde''
on PROGRESS' website.

on ostfilm.de. 1959 films DEFA films 1950s German-language films German black-and-white films