电影 化学与爱情 的评分为4.0分，共有97人参与。DerschweigendeStern(1960)issometimescitedasthefirstEastGermansciencefictionfilm,butthatisnotentirelycorrect.Beforethestatewasofficiallyfounded,whenitwasstillknownastheSovietSector,DEFAputoutitsfirstsciencefictionfilm—ChemistryandLove(ChemieundLiebe).It’sabreezycomedythattakesplaceintheimaginarycountrycalled“Kapitalia,”whereprofitscountforeverything.Ayoungscientistinventsawaytoturngrassintobutterwithouttheinterveningcowandsooncapitalistsandtheirhiredgolddiggersarewooinghimfromeverycorner.AswithmanyofthefilmsfromDEFA’sSovietSectordays,ChemistryandLoveisvirtuallyaWestGermanfilm.Thedirector,stars,andmuchofthetechnicalstaffhailfromWestGermany,driventotheSovietSectormoreoutofnecessitythanpoliticalsolidarity.Untiltheearlyfifties,theOfficeofMilitary*,UnitedStates(OMGUS)wasintentionallyhobblingtheGermanfilmindustryinthewesternsectors.TheostensiblereasonforthiswastopreventthereactivationofNazisympathiesthroughtheuseofmotionpictures,buttherealreasonwastohelptheU.S.filmindustryincreaseitsrevenuesinEurope.TheSovietshadnoreservationsaboutpromotingfilms,themediumh*inghelpedgalvanizethecommunistrevolutioninRussia.Thus,DEFAwasfoundedjustoneyearafterthewarended.Bytheendoftheforties,EastGermanyhadathrivingfilmindustrywhileWestGermanylanguishedunderAlliedrestrictions.ItwasonlyafterthedistributionofDEFAfilmstoLatinAmericancountriesthattheU.S.startedtorethinktheirbanonGermanfilm*.HadDEFAnotexisted,mostlikelyitwouldh*etakenseveralmoreyearsforWestGermanytodevelopafilmindustry.ChemistryandLoveresemblestherisquetypeofstagefarceknownas“Boulevardtheater.”ItalsobearssomeresemblancetotheAmericanScrewballcomedies,butwithoutthemanicenergyandoverlappingdialog.Whilethestorydoesh*esomesocialistthemes,stylisticallyitha*oreincommonwithUFAthanthefilmsnormallyassociatedwithDEFA.ThisfilmcouldaseasilybeenmadeinMunichatanytimeafter1933.ThestoryforthisfilmcamefromaroughdraftbyHungarianfilmtheorist,BélaBalázs.ThescreenplaywaswrittenbyFrankCliffordandMarionKeller.Clifford’srealnamewasHansHeinrichTillgner,buthechangedittoFrankCliffordduring*isittotheStates,becauseAmericanshadtroublewithhisrealname(althoughhowanyonecouldh*etroublewith“Tillgner”i*eyondme).From1930until1955,Cliffordworkedinmanycapacitiesinthefilmindustry,servingasproduceronRenéClair’sclassicÀNouslaLiberté,andproductionmanagerondozensoffilms.ChemistryandLovewashisfirstattemptatascreenplay.Thefollowingyear,heco-wrotetwomorescreenplaysforDEFA,butdidnotcontinueacareerasascreenwriterwhenhemovedbacktoWestGermany.Hisco-writer,MarionKeller,hadanevenshortercareerasascreenwriter.ChemistryandLoveisheronlyfeaturefilm.ThefilmwasdirectedbyArthurMariaRabenalt,aViennesedirectorwhogothisstartinlegitimatetheaterbeforemovingtofilms.DuringtheThirdReichyears,Rabenaltmademovies,butmaintainedanapoliticalstance.Hecontinuedwiththisapproachafterthewar,*threefilmsforDEFA,thenshiftingtoWestGermanyandAustriaoncethosecountrieshadrebuilttheirfilmindustries.Rabenaltwastheclassicstudiocraft*andirector,alongthelinesofWilliamBeaudineandEdwardL.Cahninthestates.Hisfilm*aylacktheflairofbetter-knowndirectors,buthecouldchurnoutcompetentlymademoviesonscheduleandonbudget.Hiscatalogcontainsfilmsofeverygenre,fromromance(Glücksritter)tomusicals(DerZigeunerbaron)tohorror(Alraune),buthehadaspecialpenchantfor*comedies.Healsowroteseveraleroticnovels,aswella*ooksonfilmtheory.heretiredfromfilmsinthelateseventiesanddiedinWildbadKreuthin1993.MostofthestarsofChemistryandLovealsowentontoh*ecareersinWestGermany.HansNielsen(Dr.Alland)starredindozensofWestGermanpotboilers.TillyLauenstein(MartinaHöller)hadplayedinacouplefilm*eforethis,butChemistryandLovewasherfirststarringrole.ShestarredinonemoreDEFAfilm,DasMädchenChristine,whichwasalsodirectedbyRabenalt,thenfollowedhimwesttocontinuehercareer.Sheworkedprimarilyasafilmactorupuntilherdeathin2002.AlfredBraun,thefilm’snarratorandone-manGreekchorus,wa*etterknownforhisworkinGermanradio,bothbeforeandafterWWII.In1954,hebecamethefirstdirectorofthenewlyestablishedRadioFreeBerlin(SenderFreiesBerlin).Hediedin1978.ThecinematographerforthefilmwasBrunoMondi.Mondihadalongandcontroversialcareerasacinematographer.HegothisstartasoneofseveralcameramenonFritzLang’ssilentfilm,Destiny(DermüdeTod).DuringtheThirdReich,hewasthemanresponsibleforthecameraworkinVeitHarlan’sJudSüß—consideredthemostvirulentlyanti-Semiticfilmevermade—andthecolorphotographyinHarlan’*ank-bustingKolberg.HecontributedsomeexcellentcameraworktoearlyDEFAfilms,includingRotation,DerBiberpelz(TheBe*erCoat),andDaskalteHerz(TheColdHeart),forwhichhewontheBestColorCinematographyawardattheKarlovyVaryInternationalFilmFestival.Duringthefifties,Mondibecameknownasthemasterofeye-bleedingAgfacolor,whichdemonstratedinthegorgeouslykitschySissifilms.Heretiredin1965,anddiedin1991.Hisson,GeorgMondi,hasfollowedinhisfather’sfootsteps,workingasacinematographer,primarilyinTV.ChemistryandLoveisauniquefilmintheDEFAcatalog.Itiswesterninstylebuteasternintheme;asciencefictioncomedyfromacompanythatinlateryearswouldneverconsidersuchaconcept.Itisallbutforgottentoday,butholdsanimportantplaceinthehistoryofGermanfilmhistory—eastandwest.电影 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