The Red Cockatoo

– A coming-of-age story set in Germany in the 1960s. Siggi becomes involved in a love triangle when he..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.80 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 8 Minutes
Release Year:
2006
Original Name:
Der Rote Kakadu
The Red Cockatoo (2006) - Also known as Der Rote Kakadu

A coming-of-age story set in Germany in the 1960s. Siggi becomes involved in a love triangle when he falls for Luise, but the tightening political climate forces him to make a fateful decision.

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The Red Cockatoo (2006) - Trailer

Release Date:

16 Feb 2006

Language:

German

Director:

Dominik Graf

Writer:

Karin Aström, Michael Klier, Günter Schütter (adaptation)

Main Actors:

Max Riemelt, Jessica Schwarz, Ronald Zehrfeld, Ingeborg Westphal

Plot:

In April 1961, in Dresden, the teenager Siggi meets the aspirant poetess Luise in a park and falls in love with her. He befriends her husband, the womanizer worker Wolle, to be close to Luise. Siggi smuggles porcelain objects that belonged to his parents to West Berlin to sell and make money to go to a night-club with Wolle and his friends. Meanwhile, the totalitarian system increases the repression of the youngsters and Wolle is arrested by the dictatorial regime. Siggi publishes Luise's poems and she is arrested. Siggi assumes the blame to release Luise but when he is chased by the Stasi, he calls Luise to go with him to the West Germany. Luise promises to meet him but she would bring Wolle with her. On 13 August 1961, the German Democrat Republic begins building the Berlin Wall.

Awards:

3 wins & 5 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.8/10