Broken (short film)
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| Original title | Broken |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 7 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
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| Director |
Alexander Lahl , Volker Schlecht |
| script | Alexander Lahl, Max Mönch |
| production | Alexander Lahl, Max Mönch |
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Kaputt is an award-winning animated short film by Alexander Lahl and Volker Schlecht . The documentary is based on interviews with two women who were imprisoned in the women's prison "Burg Hoheneck" during the GDR era . The film premiered in February 2016 at the Berlin International Film Festival , where it was screened in the Berlinale Shorts short film competition .
action
Two women who - about 40 years apart - were imprisoned in GDR times for political reasons in the women's prison "Burg Hoheneck" report in the film about their imprisonment, their experiences, thoughts and needs at that time. The two women represent many who were housed in the central women's prison in the GDR and had to experience arbitrariness, violence, uncertainty, humiliation, fear, emotional injuries and loneliness. At the image level, the film consists of black and white animations and drawings in shades of gray.
Historical background
In a hunting lodge of Elector August I, which was built on the foundations of the former Strahlburg, an official prison with associated torture chamber was housed in the tower on the "Hohen Eck", after which the entire palace is named today. In the middle of the 19th century, the royal Saxon women's breeding institution Hoheneck was set up there, which was run as the Hoheneck Castle women's prison during the GDR period . At that time, the central women's prison for political prisoners came to dubious fame. The inmates were degraded and exploited there. A number of films have already been made about the prison conditions, such as the television film Es ist nicht über by Franziska Meletzky with Anja Kling in the lead role of the former inmate Carola Weber.
production
Staff and cast
The directors were Volker Schlecht and Alexander Lahl , who wrote the script together with Max Mönch and who also produced the film together. Bad is a Berlin animation artist.
The unicato jury from MDR describes: “The decision in favor of an animated documentary film allows the filmmakers to let the protagonists speak from the protective OFF, they are anonymous and yet close and tangible. At the same time, they not only speak for themselves, they also stand for many other women. ”Nevertheless, in contrast to their time in“ Hoheneck ”, the two protagonists remained perceptible as individuals. The jury describes the pictures, as well as the music, as very reserved, which means that the women and their voices are not masked.
Gabriele Stötzer from Erfurt and Birgit Willschütz from Berlin made themselves available for interview and talked about their imprisonment at "Burg Hoheneck". An extract of these clay testimonies was interpreted abstractly in simple, sparingly animated, monochrome pictures. In addition to the conditions of detention, primarily forced labor and the utilization of the manufactured products for "export to the West" are discussed. The inmates at "Burg Hoheneck" worked in a three-shift system in stocking production.
Lahl and Schlecht were nominated for their work at the Berlin International Film Festival 2016 and were awarded at the Sundance Film Festival 2017 .
publication
The film was celebrated in February 2016 as part of the Berlin International Film Festival , where it was shown in the Berlinale Shorts short film competition . In January 2017 the film was presented under the English festival title Broken - The Women's Prison at Hoheneck at the Sundance Film Festival 2017 . Further screenings took place as part of the Bamberg Short Film Festival and at the Cologne Short Film Festival in 2016. In March 2020, the film was to be presented in Berlin as part of the first Berlinale Spotlights “Berlinale Shorts” in the “Censorship in Art and Everyday Life” series. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the event has been postponed.
reception
Reviews
In the reason given by the unicato jury for the award of the film in the context of the short film day Young Film in the MDR 2016 , it can be read: “Despite the serious subject, the images do not appear manipulative. The film simply dares to say: that's how it was. He believes in himself and in the audience and avoids artificial dramatization or even seizure kitsch. All too often this does not succeed in dealing with history on film. "
Awards
exground filmfest, Wiesbaden 2016
- 2nd place German short film ( Alexander Lahl and Volker Schlecht )
Festival Zinelbi, Bilbao 2016
- Awarded the Mikeldi de Oro de Animación (Alexander Lahl and Volker Schlecht)
Berlin International Film Festival 2016
- Nomination for the Golden Bear for short films (Berlinale Shorts, Alexander Lahl and Volker Schlecht )
Short film festival Cologne 2016
- Awarded the 1st jury prize (Alexander Lahl and Volker Schlecht)
Short Film Day Young Film in the MDR 2016
- unicato award winner 2016
German Film Critics' Prize 2016
- Nomination for Best Short Film (Alexander Lahl and Volker Schlecht)
San Francisco International Film Festival 2017
- Nomination for the Golden Gate Award for Best Animated Short Film (Alexander Lahl and Volker Schlecht)
- Award in the Short Films section in the animation category (Alexander Lahl and Volker Schlecht)
Web links
- Broken in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Kaputt - by Volker Schlecht, Alexander Lahl and Max Mönch (video, German with English subtitles)
- Broken on Facebook
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for broken . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 164788 / K).
- ↑ a b c Berlin International Film Festival 2016. Berlinale Shorts ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: berlinale.de. Retrieved on February 4, 2017 (PDF; 13.8 MB)
- ↑ Stefan Locke: Shooting in the GDR women's prison Hoheneck It could be Inge Naumann's story In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, November 6, 2010.
- ↑ a b c unicato for the Short Film Day. The unicato award winners 2016: The unicato jury has chosen the award winners of the 2016 class ( memento of the original from February 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: mdr.de, accessed on February 4, 2017.
- ↑ https://www.diejungeakademie.de/aktivitaeten/veranstaltungen-und-oeffliche-auftritte/termin/event/calendar/diejungeakademieberlinale-spotlight-berlinale-shorts/view-list%7Cpage_id-30/2020/03/18/
- ↑ https://www.berlinale.de/de/presse/pressemitteilungen/detail_50057.html
- ↑ a b c Reinhard W. Wolf: November 2016 In: shortfilm.de. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- ↑ Galardones por Péneros ( Memento of the original dated February 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: zinebi.eus, November 25, 2016.
- ↑ Nominations for the German Film Critics' Prize 2016 ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: vdfk.de, January 19, 2017.
- ↑ Festival Competition ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: sffilm.org. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
- ↑ 2017 Sundance Film Festival Awards: Global Independent Creativity Reaches New Heights In: sundance.org, January 28, 2017.
