Titel Kino 2/2001(2 Alternativ) - German Films
Titel Kino 2/2001(2 Alternativ) - German Films
Titel Kino 2/2001(2 Alternativ) - German Films
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Berlin Babylon<br />
Genre Educational, History Category Documentary TV<br />
Year of Production 1996-2000 Director Hubertus<br />
Siegert Screenplay Hubertus Siegert Directors of<br />
Photography Ralf K. Dobrick, Thomas Plenert<br />
Editors Peter Przygodda, Anne Schnee Music by<br />
Einstürzende Neubauten Producer Hubertus Siegert<br />
Production Company S.U.M.O. Film, Berlin, in coproduction<br />
with Philip Gröning Filmproduktion, Düsseldorf<br />
Principal Cast Rem Koolhaas, Renzo Piano, Helmut<br />
Jahn, Ieoh Ming Pei, Günter Behnisch, Josef P. Kleihues,<br />
Axel Schultes, Angela Winkler Length 88 min, 2627 m<br />
Format 35 mm, color, 1:1.85 Original Version<br />
<strong>German</strong> Subtitled Version English Sound<br />
Technology Dolby SRD International Festival<br />
Screenings Berlin <strong>2001</strong> (Panorama) With backing<br />
from Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmbüro NW<br />
<strong>German</strong> Distributor Piffl Medien GmbH, Berlin<br />
(photo © S.U.M.O. Film)<br />
Berlin after the Wall came down. Observations on<br />
radical reconstruction of a city core. Images of the<br />
conflict between the thirst for demolition and the<br />
hunger for completion. Edited into a documentary<br />
vision.<br />
Since the Wall fell in 1989, the <strong>German</strong> capital has<br />
been trying to overcome its catastrophic past, to<br />
restore the urban fabric destroyed in the 20th<br />
century, to build as if life depended on it, and to<br />
cast off the shadows of yesterday’s darkness. The<br />
film shows fascinating images of a city in transition.<br />
It is the drama of real estate, of money and power.<br />
Prominent architects, developers, politicians and<br />
urban planners are seen at work.<br />
No interviews, no statements. The music provides<br />
the commentary. The Babylonian fable of<br />
civilization, of the violence of construction, lives<br />
on in reunited Berlin. The upheaval turns to stone.<br />
Hubertus Siegert was born in 1959 in<br />
Düsseldorf. He studied History, Art History<br />
and Theater Studies in Berlin and graduated<br />
with a degree in Landscape Architecture. He<br />
began making documentary films during his<br />
studies and went on to direct and produce<br />
two short films Das Sonnenjuwel (1995)<br />
and The Orange Kiss (1996) as well as<br />
the short documentary Stravinsky in<br />
Berlin (1993) with S.U.M.O. <strong>Films</strong>.<br />
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