The Rabbit Is Me was made in 1965 to encourage discussion of the democratization of East German society. In it, a young student has an affair with a judge who once sentenced her brother for political reasons; she eventually confronts him with his opportunism and hypocrisy. It is a sardonic portrayal of the German Democratic Republic's judicial system and its social implications. The film was banned by officials as an anti-socialist, pessimistic and revisionist attack on the state. It henceforth lent its name to all the banned films of 1965, which became known as the "Rabbit Films." After its release in 1990, The Rabbit Is Me earned critical praise as one of the most important and courageous works ever made in East Germany. It was screened at The Museum of Modern Art in 2005 as part of the film series Rebels with a Cause: The Cinema of East Germany.
| Directing | Kurt Maetzig | Director |
| Writing | Manfred Bieler | Writer |
| Sound | Reiner Bredemeyer | Music |
| Editing | Helga Krause | Editor |
| Writing | Kurt Maetzig | Writer |
| Sound | Gerhard Rosenfeld | Music |
| Writing | Manfred Bieler | Novel |
| Crew | Christel Gräf | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | Erich Gusko | Director of Photography |
| Art | Alfred Thomalla | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rita Bieler | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rosemarie Stäglich | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lothar Stäglich | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Dieter Anders | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Oscar Ludmann | Production Manager |
| Production | Martin Sonnabend | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Siegbert Fischer | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Hanna Georgi | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Konrad Walle | Sound |
| Art | Alfred Schütz | Property Master |
| Lighting | Ernst Deckow | Gaffer |
| Camera | Wolfgang Ebert | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jörg Erkens | Second Assistant Camera |
