---
title: 'The Legend of Rita (2000)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Volker Schlöndorff'
released: '2000-02-16'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-legend-of-rita-2000'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234805/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Legend of Rita (2000)

2000 · 95 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: Die Stille nach dem Schuss

## Synopsis

Die Stille nach dem Schuss is a 2000 German film that was released in English as The Legend of Rita. The film focuses on collusion between the East German secret police, or Stasi, and the West German terrorist group Red Army Faction (RAF). The fictional characters all have close parallels to real-life RAF members. The script was reportedly based on events in the life of Inge Viett.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Volker Schlöndorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/volker-schlondorff)
- **Screenplay:** [Volker Schlöndorff](https://cinepixo.com/people/volker-schlondorff), [Wolfgang Kohlhaase](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-kohlhaase)
- **Producer:** [Emmo Lempert](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmo-lempert), [Arthur Hofer](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hofer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Andreas Höfer](https://cinepixo.com/people/andreas-hofer-2)
- **Editor:** [Peter Przygodda](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-przygodda)

## Cast

- [Alexander Beyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-beyer)
- [Martin Wuttke](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-wuttke)
- [Dietrich Körner](https://cinepixo.com/people/dietrich-korner)
- [Franca Kastein](https://cinepixo.com/people/franca-kastein)
- [Petra Ehlert](https://cinepixo.com/people/petra-ehlert)
- [Harald Schrott](https://cinepixo.com/people/harald-schrott)
- [Rüdiger Sander](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudiger-sander)
- [Jennipher Antoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennipher-antoni)
- [Reinhard Friedrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/reinhard-friedrich)
- [Ute Menzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/ute-menzel)
- [Richard Kropf](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-kropf)
- [Theresia Wider](https://cinepixo.com/people/theresia-wider)
- [Thomas Arnold](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-arnold)
- [Jenny Schily](https://cinepixo.com/people/jenny-schily)
- [Mario Irrek](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-irrek)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-legend-of-rita-2000
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