The Architects
( Die Architekten)
Screening on Film
Directed by Peter Kahane.
With Kurt Naumann, Rita Feldmeier, Uta Eisold.
East Germany, 1990, 35mm, color, 105 min.
German with English subtitles.
With Kurt Naumann, Rita Feldmeier, Uta Eisold.
East Germany, 1990, 35mm, color, 105 min.
German with English subtitles.
Filmed as the GDR crumbled, this somber, finely-drawn portrait of life in East Berlin depicts a young architect whose life and goals are strangled by communist dogma, represented in part by the older generation. This was one of the first fiction films to deal with both the GDR and reunification periods.
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The Monument ( Das Monument)
Directed by Klaus Georgi and Lutz Stützner.
East Germany, 1989, 35mm, color, 4 min.
In this animated piece, a statue with outstretched arms is unveiled to thunderous applause. Then one day it turns around to point the other way.
