Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (97 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
Performer |
Dieter Franke, Elsa Grube-Deister, Günter Schubert, Katharina Thalbach, Kurt Böwe, Marga Legal, Martin Trettau, Matti Geschonneck, Rolf Hoppe, Ursula Karusseit, Ursula Werner, Ute Lubosch, Vera Oelschlegel, Werner Stötzer |
Event |
Originally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1973. |
Summary |
Kemmel is almost 40. Although little throws the good-natured sculptor off, he is torn... between wanting to address his generation's memories of the Holocaust, and disappointment that many people don't understand his works-despite official programs to bring art to the public. One day, he offers to make a sculpture for the sports field in his hometown. The Wolf/Kohlhaase team based this tongue-in-cheek, episodic film on the life of Werner Stötzer, one of East Germany's most important sculptors. They interweave personal memories, political defeats and the weight of German history into a nuanced story about the role of art and artists in society. References to other artists-including sculptor Will Lammert, painter Albert Ebert, photographer Einar Schleef and Soviet writer Anatoli Kusnetzov-add contextual layering to cultural debates taking place in early-1970s East Germany. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Language |
In English |
Subject |
Motion pictures, German.
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Foreign films.
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Motion pictures.
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Drama.
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Balts (Indo-European people)
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German language.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Added Author |
Wolf, Konrad, film director.
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Franke, Dieter, actor.
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Grube-Deister, Elsa, 1926-2001, actor.
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Schubert, Günter, actor.
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Thalbach, Katharina, 1954- actor.
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Böwe, Kurt, 1929-2000, actor.
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Legal, Marga, 1908-2001, actor.
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Trettau, Martin, 1930- actor.
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Geschonneck, Matti, 1952- actor.
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Hoppe, Rolf, actor.
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Karusseit, Ursula, 1939- actor.
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Werner, Ursula, actor.
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Lubosch, Ute, 1953- actor.
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Oelschlegel, Vera, actor.
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Stötzer, Werner, 1931-2010, actor.
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University of Massachusetts at Amherst. DEFA Film Library. Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm) Distributor.
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Music No. |
6385191 Kanopy |
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