More than a street
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | More than a street |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1959 |
| length | 31 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Helmut Schneider |
| script | Helmut Schneider |
| production | DEFA studio for newsreels and documentaries |
| camera | Hans Kracht (1959) |
| cut | Charlotte Beck |
More than a street is a documentary film by DEFA -Studio for newsreels and documentaries from 1959 with a very large proportion of archive material.
action
The film shows Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse in Berlin from the perspective of the struggle of the working class over 40 years in the 20th century.
From the opening credits: “This film was shot from 1918 to 1958. Countless cameramen created documents from 40 years of German history: "
From the comment: “A street in the center of the German capital. It begins at the former pleasure garden, today's Marx-Engels-Platz . Once Kaiser-Wilhelm-Strasse, today Liebknecht-Strasse. It leads past the central market hall to what is now Luxemburg-Platz with the Volksbühne . 50 years of German history, seen on this street. "
production
The film was shot in black and white and the music was edited by Kurt Grottke . It was first shown in GDR cinemas on December 1, 1959. The film was shown for the first time on January 16, 1960 in the DFF .
The film is about the course of Karl-Liebknecht-Straße, which existed until 1969, and which , coming from the Berlin Cathedral on the Stadtbahn , continued in what is now Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße .