The pianist Angelika Rink is exhausted from her chasing after success and is looking for peace and quiet in her hometown.  Here, she sees her childhood friend Dr. Manfred Claudius again, who is running a country clinic with a lot of idealism.  They both still love one another, but neither is prepared to give up his/her career for the other. 

Die Pianistin Angelika Rink ist erschöpft von der Jagd nach Erfolg und sucht Ruhe in ihrem Heimatdorf. Hier sieht sie ihren Jugendfreund Dr. Manfred Claudius wieder, der mit viel Idealismus eine Landpraxis führt. Die beiden lieben sich noch immer, aber keiner will für den anderen seinen Beruf aufgeben.

THERE IS A NEWSREEL ALONG WITH THE FILM, JUST AS GERMAN AUDIENCES MIGHT HAVE SEEN WHEN THE MOVIE WAS FIRST SHOWN (except this newsreel may not be contemporary to when the film was released).

DVD-R IS IN GERMAN WITH NO SUBTITLES (except for the Newsreel).

QUALITY (of feature film only): 

·        Sharpness of picture?  - soft features and unsharp.  Watchable

·        Other notable issues?  - there is a VCR counter for the first 1:30 minutes of the film, which suddenly disappears; strong hissing, which sometimes drowns out soft vocals

LENGTH OF FEATURE FILM:  87 mins

LENGTH OF NEWSREEL:  23 mins