New socialist unity party secretary werner horrath is charged with bringing the roughandready builder crew into line. It was based on the eponymous novel by erik neutsch and starred. Trace of stones with english russian french german spanish portuguese chinese subtitles is a 1966 east german film by frank beyer. Wie ublich wurde dieser film in video hd hohe auflosung fur kinoprojektion oder blurays mit dolbydigitalaudio gefilmt. The retrospective of the 66th berlin international film festival feb 1121 is to be dedicated to the year 1966, a year considered to be a turning point in german cinema. The industrial worlds at defa feature films defafoundation. This label refers to the following compilation album. Retrospective to include around 20 east and west german feature and documentary films from cinema and television. In these films, the industrial, dirty scenes of the construction sites are contrasted with attractive scenes of nature, hinting at. Based on erik neutschs novel of the same title, trace of stones is a complex political drama blended with an at times comic triangular love story. Of all the things that rile party secretary werner horratheberhard esche about hannes ballamanfred krug and his crew, the. Things get complicated when the goodlooking kati klee is employed as a young technician, and the ambitious new party secretary, werner horrath, aims to boost work efficiency and. Summary foreman balla is the head of a large construction site, and his coworkers stick close to him.
Bad planning and shortages prevail on an east german construction site. The german democratic republic existed from 7 october 1949 until 3 october 1990, when its reestablished states acceded to the adjacent federal. After its release, the film was shown only for a few days, before being shelved due to conflicts with the socialist unity party, the ruling communist party in the german democratic republic. Beattys an art film director saddled with sitting for divorcee leslie carons baby. It was based on the eponymous novel by erik neutsch and starred manfred krug in the main role. The film theme concerns the choice of partners in intimate relationships. Since 1912, countless renowned filmmakers have worked with studio babelsberg to produce legendary films. In this east german film, a married communist party secretary with a family of his own has fallen into disgrace as a result of having an affair with a young women and getting her pregnant.
This was elaborated in an era, where the social control and the influence of the church were still palpable. Representation of east german identity in frank beyers spur. Hannes balla is the foreman of a group of building construction workers at the large construction site schkona in the gdr. In chapter 5 on women on film, for example, berghahn argues that what distin. Forget ishtar and town and country if youre looking for warren beattys worst film promise her anything is it. A further great strength of this text is its location of east german.
The task seems doomed to fail as the two men compete for the affections of young engineer kati klee. It is believed that these protests were secretly organized by the ministry of culture, as they resulted in the film disappearing from theaters within three days. A film about living and working conditions in the gdr of. Constructing the mythic present in the east german cinema. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. Totally east life in east germany offaly libraries blog. So what do i remember east germany being like i was a 10yearold when the berlin i knew changed overnight. Taking the train and driving by the wall near treptower park was part of my. Original motion picture soundtracks from defa movies on discogs. Studio babelsberg is the oldest largescale studio complex in the world and one of europes leading service providers for feature films and tv productions. Roman german edition kindle edition by neutsch, erik. A film about living and working conditions in the gdr of the 60s. With manfred krug, krystyna stypulkowska, jutta hoffmann, eberhard esche. Foreman hannes balla uses unconventional methods to overcome the problems.
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