Time is out of joint
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Time is out of joint |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1990 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Christoph Rüter |
| script | Christoph Rüter |
| cut | Stephan Guntli |
| occupation | |
The documentary by director Christoph Rüter accompanies the rehearsal work on Heiner Müller's seven-and-a-half-hour production of Hamlet at the Deutsches Theater Berlin in autumn 1989, when the turning point was emerging on the streets of East Berlin .
action
Heiner Müller stages Hamlet , including his earlier work The Hamlet Machine, as a conflict between two eras between an intellectual struggling for survival. At the same time, discussions and demonstrations against the GDR leadership take place outside the theater. The political penetrates the theater space. The protagonists have to take a stand. On November 4, 1989, Heiner Müller and his leading actor Ulrich Mühe spoke to the demonstrators at the rally on Alexanderplatz. Christoph Rüter accompanies the rehearsal work for this last major theater production in the GDR , observes what is happening on the streets and, based on the Hamlet quote, Time is out of joint , the role of GDR artists during the fall of the Wall.
criticism
"Christoph Rüter's documentation is exciting because of the rigorous assembly of theater images and historical tableaus, which even the best theater cannot manage."
admission
At Ulrich Mühes request, the film was shown at the memorial event for his death in 2007 in the Schaubühne on Lehniner Platz , which was also attended by numerous celebrities, including Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and Tom Cruise .
Web links
- The time is out of joint in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Synopsis at Christoph Rüter Filmproduktion
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eckhard Roelcke: Wer ist der Geist , Zeit Online , August 16, 1991
- ^ Commemoration for Ulrich Mühe at zeit.de