Germany 1992, 95 mins, German with English subtitles. Dir: Andreas Dresen. Cast: Thorsten Merten, Jeannette Arndt, Kurt Böwe, Katrin Martin, Mathias Noack.
Director Andreas Dresen grew up as part of a theatrical family in the former GDR (East Germany) and so it is no surprise then that the theatre is the setting for this, his first feature, made shortly after the fall of the wall and which is set during that tumultuous time. The film was commended for its nuanced portrayal of everyday life and won the Hessian Film Prize and the German Film Critics’ Prize in the year of release.
Introduced by Professor Laura Bradley of the University of Edinburgh.
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