Film still from the documentary "GDR Palace or Prussian Castle? The egg dance around Berlin's Mitte" by Jörn Kalkbrenner
© SFB 1999
Modern building facade with glossy surfaces in a landscaped park under a cloudy sky.
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Film still from the documentary "GDR Palace or Prussian Castle? The egg dance around Berlin's Mitte" by Jörn Kalkbrenner
© SFB 1999
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Two documentations deal with the pros and cons of the Palace of the Republic. While “Verlorene Mitte? Stadt, Land, Fluss – Berlin” (1996) factually juxtaposes the positions and stakeholders, Jörn Kalkbrenner in “DDR-Palast oder Preußen-Schloss? (1998) degrades the “the walking on eggshells” with satirical sharpness to a “provincial farce”. Both films show the culturally mobile Berlin after reunification. The “yes and no” becomes a playground for ideas and actions – but some already give up the center.

Film Screening in German.

 

With the kind support of Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb)

Curator and moderator:

Ralf Forster, habil. Film scholar and head of collection at the Filmmuseum Potsdam, programme and exhibition curator, celluloid collection on amateur, private and home film (www.schmalfilmkino.de), author, last publication on Ozaphan-Heimkino

 

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