Unter dem Pflaster ist der Strand

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{{Infobox film|name=Under the Pavement Lies the Strand|image=Under the Pavement Lies the Strand.jpg|caption=DVD cover|director=[[Helma Sanders-Brahms]]|producer=[[Helma Sanders-Brahms]]<br>Eckart Stein|writer=Heinrich Giskes<br>Grischa Huber<br>[[Helma Sanders-Brahms]]|narrator=[[Helma Sanders-Brahms]]|music=[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]|cinematography=[[Thomas Mauch]]|editing=Elfie Tillack|studio=Helma Sanders-Brahms Filmproduktion GmbH<br>[[ZDF|Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen]]|released=14 January 1975|runtime=106 minutes|country=[[Cinema of Germany|West Germany]]|language=[[German language|German]]}}'''''Under the Pavement Lies the Strand''''' ({{lang-de|'''Unter dem Pflaster ist der Strand'''}}) is a [[1975 in film|1975]] [[cinema of Germany|West German]] [[black-and-white]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Helma Sanders-Brahms]]. This [[low-budget film]] was her first [[feature film]].<ref name=EverettGoodbodyp157>"Helma Sanders-Brahms: Film and National Identity" (Editors' Introduction). In: Everett, Wendy Ellen, and Axel Goodbody (editors). ''Revisiting Space: Space and Place in European Cinema'' (Volume 2 of New Studies in European Cinema, ISSN 1661-0261). [[Peter Lang (publisher)|Peter Lang]], 2005. ISBN 3039102648, 9783039102648. p. [http://books.google.com/books?id=MD9_gK_1Bl0C&pg=PA157 157].</ref> Prior to making the film, Sanders-Brahms had little to no distinct contact with the women's rights movement.<ref>Möhrmann, Renate. ''Die Frau mit der Kamera''. Hanser, 1980. ISBN 3446131604, 9783446131606. S. [http://books.google.com/books?id=WsNjAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Unter+dem+Pflaster+ist+der+Strand%22&dq=%22Unter+dem+Pflaster+ist+der+Strand%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zNPYUrWBGoTRkQen-4DoBA&ved=0CF4Q6AEwBw 145]. {{de icon}}</ref>

==Plot==
The film deals with the aftermath of the 1968 student rebellions in [[Germany]] as experienced by two fervent participants. Though the country experienced sweeping reforms in the years following, two radicals-turned-successful [[Berlin]] stage [[actor]]s and lovers are grappling with their growing insignificance and the demands of adulthood. After a night of intense debate about the past and their future, the couple begins garnering support to fight a new [[abortion]] bill. However, their rekindled zeal is soon complicated by an unexpected [[pregnancy]].

==Cast==
*Grischa Huber as Grischa
*Heinrich Giskes as Heinrich
*Ursula von Berg as Berlin Woman
*Gesine Strempel as Berlin Woman
*Traute Klier-Siebert as Berlin Woman
*Barbara Finkenstädt as Berlin Woman
*[[Heinz Hoenig]]
*Günter Lampe

==Release==
The film was released on [[DVD]] by [[Facets Multi-Media]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facetsdvd.com/product-p/dv96762.htm|title=''Under the Pavement Lies the Strand''|website=[[Facets Multi-Media]]|publisher=|accessdate=31 December 2013}}</ref>

==Reception==
Wendy Ellen Everett and Axel Goodbody, the editors of ''Revisiting Space: Space and Place in European Cinema'', wrote that this film "became a [[cult film]] in the [[Germany|German]] feminist movement."<ref name=EverettGoodbodyp157/> The film's main [[actress]] and actor won the [[Deutscher Filmpreis]] (Filmband in Gold) in 1975<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmportal.de/film/unter-dem-pflaster-ist-der-strand_810f8435c8234d2e9e7949e706be87c0|title=''Unter dem Pflaster ist der Strand''|website=[[filmportal.de|Film Portal]]|accessdate=10 January 2014|language=de}}</ref> and it was recently called one of Sanders-Brahms' best films by [[Salon (website)|Salon]] critic Andrew O'Hehir.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2011/02/02/dvd_roundup_6/|title=DVDs You Should Have Seen — But Didn’t: Beat the Winter Blahs!|last=O'Hehir|first=Andrew|date=2 February 2011|website=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|accessdate=31 December 2013}}.</ref> [[PopMatters]] critic [[Stuart Henderson]] has also referred to the film as a "revelation" and a "fascinating and important film."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/under-the-pavement-lies-the-strand/|title=''Under the Pavement Lies the Strand''|last=Henderson|first=Stuart|date=11 September 2008|website=[[PopMatters]]|accessdate=31 December 2013}}.</ref> The ''[[Philadelphia City Paper]]'' stated that the film was "hailed" as a "cult film for the feminist movement" and noted that it is still being screened in [[revival house|repertory cinemas]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/phillycp/docs/cp_2013-03-21|title=Repertory Film|date=19 March 2013|publisher=''[[Philadelphia City Paper]]'', p. 44|accessdate=31 December 2013}}</ref> and it has also been called a "film still of vital interest."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kinowelt-international.de/detail_v3.php?lang=en&kid=005571_1_r7|title=''Under the Pavement Lies the Strand''|website=Kinowelt International|accessdate=31 December 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0073844}}
*{{Rotten Tomatoes|id=under-the-pavement-lies-the-strand|title=Under the Pavement Lies the Strand}}
*{{amg movie|145640|Under the Pavement Lies the Strand}}
*[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/486241/Unterm-Pflaster-ist-der-Strand/ ''Under the Pavement Lies the Strand''] at the [[Turner Classic Movies|TCM Movie Database]]
*[http://www.filmportal.de/film/unter-dem-pflaster-ist-der-strand_810f8435c8234d2e9e7949e706be87c0 ''Unter dem Pflaster ist der Strand''] at [[filmportal.de|Film Portal]] {{de icon}}

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[[Category:Films set in Berlin]]
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