---
title: 'The Wonderful Years (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Reiner Kunze'
released: '1980-02-29'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-wonderful-years-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080155/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Wonderful Years (1980)

1980 · 104 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: Die wunderbaren Jahre

## Synopsis

The Wonderful Years is a 1980 West German drama film directed by Reiner Kunze and starring Gabi Marr, Martin May, Dietrich Mattausch and Christine Wodetzky. It was based on Kunze's own book Die wunderbaren Jahre which was deeply critical of the system of government in East Germany. It won a Bavarian Film Award in the Best Screenplay category.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Reiner Kunze](https://cinepixo.com/people/reiner-kunze)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Rolf Alexander Wilhelm](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-alexander-wilhelm)
- **Producer:** [Franz Seitz Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-seitz-jr)
- **Director of Photography:** [Wolfgang Treu](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-treu)
- **Editor:** [Barbara von Weitershausen](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-von-weitershausen)

## Cast

- [Christine Wodetzky](https://cinepixo.com/people/christine-wodetzky)
- [Klaus Münster](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-munster)
- [Harald Dietl](https://cinepixo.com/people/harald-dietl)
- [Katharina Matz](https://cinepixo.com/people/katharina-matz)
- [Dietrich Mattausch](https://cinepixo.com/people/dietrich-mattausch)
- [Martin May](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-may)

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