The Kollwitz and her children
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Kollwitz and her children |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1971 |
| length | 10 mins |
| Rod | |
| Director | Christa Mühl |
| script | Christa Mühl Werner Hecht |
| production | Film and Television College |
| camera | Christiane Kunow |
| cut | Karin Döring |
The Kollwitz and her children is a documentary of the Academy of Film and Television of the GDR, Potsdam-Babelsberg by Christa Mühl from the year 1971 .
action
After a turn over the roofs of Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg is on the Kollwitzplatz which, by Gustav Seitz from established, bronze sculpture Käthe Kollwitz to see. Here the camera observes how the children play around on the 2.15 m high plastic. That is why the director asks the adults sitting on the square how they deal with the children’s free play on the artist Käthe Kollwitz , who is honored here . Sometimes she receives very moody or mostly negative answers, while the children see no problems in their actions.
The following statement by the creator Gustav Seitz is interesting:
"The base is kept extra wide and low, with the intention that children can play and scramble on it"
production
Kollwitz and her children were shot as black-and-white film on 16 mm material by the GDR University for Film and Television , Babelsberg , and were broadcast for the first time on September 27, 1971 in the second program of German television . The dramaturgy was in the hands of Hermann Otto-Lauterbach .
criticism
In New Germany , Peter Berger said:
“What we liked about this original 'little contribution to the big discussion about the practical value of art', as director Christa Mühl was, was the poetry, the joke of the reporters when questioning passers-by and the sure point of the point.”
Web links
- Kollwitz and her children at filmportal.de
- Jeanpaul Goergen Film introduction at the DHM on January 7, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland, November 28, 1971, p. 4