Berlin-Schönhauser Corner
(Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser)
Screening on Film
Directed by Gerhard Klein.
East Germany, 1957, 35mm, black & white, 82 min.
German with English subtitles.
East Germany, 1957, 35mm, black & white, 82 min.
German with English subtitles.
This classic 1950s teen cult film is a perceptive social portrait of a city in which political and economic division affects an entire population. Greeted with suspicion by cultural authorities, the film was instantly embraced by the East German public for its truthful portrayal of everyday life. This collaboration between director Gerhard Klein and writer Wolfgang Kohlhaase stars Bertolt Brecht's son-in-law, Ekkehard Schall.
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Yell Once a Week
Directed by Günter Jordan.
East Germany, 1982/1989, 35mm, color, 15 min.
German with English subtitles.
A sensitive report about teenagers in Berlin's wild East, the film was banned before the first screening in 1982 and discovered after reunification. The film's title is taken from a song jointly written by Günter Jordan and the East German rock group Pankow.
