In matters of H. and eight others
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | In matters of H. and eight others |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1972 |
| length | 29 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Richard Cohn-Vossen |
| script | Richard Cohn-Vossen |
| production | DEFA studio for documentaries |
| music | Kurt Zander |
| camera |
Christian Lehmann Rudolf Schemmel |
| cut | Waltraud Hartmann |
| occupation | |
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In the matter of H. and eight others, there is a documentary film by the DEFA studio for documentary films by Richard Cohn-Vossen from 1972 .
action
In March 1972, nine young men entered a district court in Berlin, where they were charged with assault, robbery, burglary and strolling around at work. These young people between the ages of 16 and 20 have met regularly since the spring of 1971 at Kollwitzplatz in the Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg district . One of the cases dealt with concerns dealing with homosexual men, from whom the young people demanded money or property and who were brutally beaten if the demands were not fulfilled.
The court tries to clarify the question of how the young defendants became criminal, how they feel about their actions today. Many are unable to explain the reasons for their behavior to the court and the mothers seated in the hall, as well as the representatives from schools, companies and the residential area. The film indicates the wrongdoing in the upbringing in the parental home and in society, as the testimonies of a mother, a teacher and a social representative of the FDJ confirm. The film team sees its task in stimulating the viewers to think and making them aware of the need to give more support to young people at risk and thus to protect them from wrong actions.
The defendants have been found guilty and convicted in the first instance for various involvement in robbery, hooliganism and theft.
Production and publication
In the exterior shots, Kollwitzplatz , Sredzkistraße , Rykestraße with the Prenzlauer Berg water tower , Pratergarten and Schönhauser Allee can be seen from the moving underground.
In the matter of H. and eight others , the artistic working group Profil shot under the working title juvenile crime as a black and white film and had its first demonstrable performance on October 7, 1972 in the Berlin cinema OTL (Oranienburger Tor Lichtspiele) as part of the program of the film art theater Studiokino Camera .
A re-performance took place on July 1, 2018 in the series: Berlin.Dokument Nr. 79: Berlin - East Berlin: Young hooligans and petty criminals in the Berlin Zeughauskino .
Web links
- In matters of H. and eight others at the DEFA Foundation
- In the matter of H. and eight others in the Zeughauskino des DHM
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of October 5, 1972, p. 6
- ^ Introduction to the film by Jeanpaul Goergen , PDF document