Berlin in Brief
8 Films
Running time: 01:33 h
OV with Dt/En/Fr/Sp UT
Berlin is worth a visit - even for Berliners! Take a short film trip through a city as multifaceted as the movies made there. There's something for everyone: Historical fast-forwards of the Berlin Wall, undetonated bomb discoveries in vegetable gardens, or performances on the streets.
The Films:
DEFA Disco 18 “Berlin“
Dir.: Uwe Belz, Germany, 1977, 05:48 min
[Zeitgeist Document]
Part of a Defa-series dedicated chiefly to beat and pop bands from the former Eastern Bloc, "Berlin" is the portrait of the new East Berlin city center in the 70s. Soundtrack by Günther Fischer, one of the best-known East German jazz musicians.
Schwarzfahrer
Dir.: Pepe Danquart, Germany, 1992, 11:51 min
[oscar-winning foreigner-filme]
A black man sits down next to an elderly woman on the tram, and she launches into a swearing tirade against foreigners.
The Other Side
Dir.: Ellie Land, England, 2007, 05:16 min
[Animated Wall-Documentary]
Animated documentary about the Berlin wall and the childhood memories of wondering what it might be like on the other side.
In-Sight
Dir.: Gerd Conradt, Germany, 1987, 10:31 min
[ View on the Wall ]
A camera documents the everyday action at the border-line that seperates east and west Berlin. We observe 12 hours in quick motion; fortifications, hanging up washing, ping-pong and German / German Insanity.
The Dud
Dir.: Andreas Samland, Germany, 2004, 29:30 min
[Urban Thriller]
A new highway is in the planning - and it's path cuts straight through the allotment garden colony "Grüne Aue." When the deconstruction crew discovers a WWII bomb on the colony manager's plot, he threatens detonation...
Some Figures on the Population of Berlin
Dir.: Ralf Schuster, Germany, 1994, 02:25 min
[ Sarcastic Instructional-film ]
Statistics made easy - a prognosis about willfil suicide in Berlin.
Berlin Blue
Dir.: Hartmut Jahn, Peter Wensierski, Germany, 1989, 14:17 min
[ Playful portrait ]
The Berlin Wall as a surface upon which art, activism, history and visions are projected. A playful portrait.
Bow tie duty for Squareheads
Dir.: Stephan Flint Müller, Germany, 2004, 13:25 min
[Urban Performance]
Acrobatics with 10-ton-hats, farting posters, and experiments with camera perspectives.
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