Film

April Has 30 Days

1979 · 1h 29m · Drama · Romance

On April 1st, single mother Maria and her ten-year-old son Micha move into a new apartment located in the Berlin district Marzahn. On the very first evening, Maria gets an invitation from her neighbor Alvaro, a political emigrant from Uruguay who keeps working for his country’s Communist Party while staying in the GDR. Maria and Alvaro fall passionately in love. Even Micha, who is suspicious of Alvaro in the beginning, eventually becomes friend with him. Thus, nothing stands in the way of their happiness – except for the certainty that Alvaro will have to leave as soon as he gets a new assignment.

Angelika Waller

Iurie Darie

Petar Slabakov

Sieglinde Amoulong

Trude Bechmann

Jürgen Hentsch

Hans Klering

Jörg Panknin

Sina Fiedler-Engel

Birgit Frohriep

• Gunther ScholzDirector · Writer
• Carlos CerdaWriter
• Erika LehmphulEditor

Release date

May 30, 1979

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 29m

Genres

Drama, Romance