The Bicycle

Susanne is a young single mother who lives a somewhat "carefree" lifestyle. After quitting her job, she finds herself in trouble financially and attempts a minor insurance fraud to make ends meet. Despite its rare view of everyday socialism from a woman's perspective, East German officials were critical of this frank portrayal of a less-than-ideal socialist citizen and turned down all invitations for the film to be screened abroad.

• Evelyn SchmidtDirector
• Ernst WenigWriter
• Evelyn SchmidtWriter

• Heidemarie SchneiderSusanne Becker
• Roman KaminskiThomas
• Heidrun BartholomäusMary
• Hilmar BaumannRiemer
• Gisela BestehornReisebüro-Chefin
• Gertrud BrendlerFrau Puschkat
• Johanna ClasCast
• Birgit EdenharterKindergärtnerin
• Christine HarbortBella
• Roland HemmoCast
• Peter HerdenCast
• Anita HerbstCast