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German SummaryFür die siebenjährige Kati ist die Einschulung ein ganz besonderer Tag. Sie ist behindert, Spastikerin, und die Eltern haben es durchgesetzt, daß sie eine "normale" Schule besuchen kann, ein Jahr zur Probe. Sie kämpft um diesen Platz. Sie erlebt Spott und Überheblichkeit, wenn sie körperlich mit den anderen nicht Schritt halten kann, und mitunter auch die Ungeduld der Lehrer. Aber sie erfährt auch Solidarität und Hilfe. Kati findet Freunde unter den "normalen" Kindern und unter ebenfalls behinderten. Die dreizehnjährige Ulrike zum Beispiel hat es geschafft, als Behinderte ihren Platz in der Normalschule zu behalten. Kati gelingt dies nicht, sie scheitert intellektuell, besonders in Mathematik hat sie große Schwierigkeiten. In dem siebzehnjährigen Frank, der auch die Sonderschule besucht hat, findet sie einen verständnisvollen Freund, der sie tröstet.
(Quelle: Das zweite Leben der Filmstadt Babelsberg. DEFA-Spielfilme 1946-1992)
English SummaryFor seven-year-old Kati, school enrolment is a very special day. She is handicapped, spastic, and her parents have succeeded in allowing her to attend a "normal" school, one year on probation. She's fighting for this spot. She experiences ridicule and arrogance when she cannot physically keep up with the others, and sometimes also the impatience of the teachers. But she also experiences solidarity and help. Kati finds friends among the "normal" children and also among the handicapped. Thirteen-year-old Ulrike, for example, has managed to keep her place in normal school as a disabled person. Kati does not succeed, she fails intellectually, especially in mathematics she has great difficulties. In seventeen-year-old Frank, who also attended the special school, she finds an understanding friend who comforts her.
(Source: The Second Life of the Film City Babelsberg. DEFA feature films 1946-1992)
Original SummaryPer Kati, che ha sette anni, il primo giorno di scuola è un’occasione molto speciale. Nonostante la bambina sia spastica, è riuscita a guadagnarsi un posto in una scuola "normale" che frequenterà in prova per un anno. Sebbene in molti la deridano o si sentano superiori, la bambina incontra anche tanto aiuto e solidarietà e stringe nuove amicizie. A differenza di Ulrike, però, che pur con la sua disabilità è riuscita a rimanere in quella scuola, Kati ha grosse difficoltà, soprattutto in matematica. Solo Frank, un ragazzo più grande che ha frequentato le scuole speciali, sa consolarla. (Italienisch)
Release Date1990-01-25
Shoot Year1989
ColorYes
DirectorKarl Heinz Lotz
CameraMichael Göthe
EditorIlse Peters
ComposerAndreas Aigmüller,
ActorsDaniel Zeller, Peggy Langner, Angelika Perdelwitz, Peter Dommisch, Heiko Krüger, Andrea Gelhaar, Roland Kuchenbuch, Claus Koch, K. Dieter Klebsch, Claudia Geisler, Vera Irrgang, Wilfried Loll, Gerd Funk, Gudrun Okras, Werner Godemann
Country of Production (German)
Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR)
