Zwei Mütter

Zwei Mütter (English: Two mothers) is a 1957 East German film directed by Frank Beyer and based on a screenplay by Leonie Ossowski. The film was Beyer's graduation film at the Film School of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) in Prague. It tells the story of two women, one French and the other German, who fight for a child who has been mistakenly taken by the Germans after a bomb raid.^[1] The film had a theatrical release and became a popular success with more than two million tickets sold in East Germany, but was also criticized for "lack of a stance" and "bourgeois pacifism".^[2]

Zwei Mütter
Directed by	Frank Beyer
Written by	Leonie Ossowski
Screenplay by	Frank Beyer, Leonie Ossowski
Cinematography	Otto Merz
Music by	Joachim Werzlau
Release date	1957 (1957)
Running time	1h 27m
Country	East Germany
Language	German