Stars (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Stars |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1963 |
| length | 18 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jürgen Böttcher |
| script | Jürgen Böttcher |
| production | DEFA studio for newsreels and documentaries |
| music | Kurt Zander |
| camera | Christian Lehmann |
| cut | Barbara Lehmann |
| occupation | |
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Stars is a documentary film by DEFA Studio for newsreels and documentaries by Jürgen Böttcher from 1963.
action
Stars reports on a women's brigade from the Berlin incandescent lamp factory , which is responsible for quality control of the tungsten wires required for the manufacture of incandescent lamps . It's monotonous work that requires a lot of concentration. The check is carried out with a magnifying glass and microscope and is also very exhausting, because every employee has to check 30,000 coils per day. That is why regular breaks are taken during which the colleagues can move around and massage each other.
What is striking is the warmth and good cooperation within the women's group, because the faded in original notes convey the joys, cheerfulness and quick-wittedness that they have despite their stress from family and work. This leads to lively conversations about all kinds of topics, but also chocolates are distributed. During the break, the brigadier addresses a problem because the work of her wives often leaves a lot to be desired. In the case of the checked tungsten filaments, there is far too often rejects and the method of counting that the wires should be bundled in 100 pieces is not always correct. It indicates that they are the final inspection, which must not be checked again afterwards. She also asks for a little more rest at work. The colleagues make thoughtful faces and then take their break while the sun is shining outside. You see women drinking coffee and smoking, some reading, others tending the flowers. A formerly trained hairdresser teases the hair of another worker while she crochets on a handkerchief, and the renewal of lipstick and nail polish is not forgotten.
A colleague comes to visit with her baby, which is three months old, and the women talk about it. The baby has been given a place in the crèche and the mother can go back to work. A pregnant woman is asked if she will come back to work after giving birth because her husband is a college student. Another thinks that she would rather stay home for a year or two. The discussion ranges from half-day to full-day work. The oldest colleague says that she originally only wanted to stay with the company for a year, but since it gives her so much pleasure, it has almost become her second home. Everything seems like a big family and nobody can really imagine being without this job.
production
This black and white film was shot under the working title Our Women and was shown in GDR cinemas on September 6, 1963, as a supporting film for the Polish comedy Große und kleine Gauner .
In December 1965, the film was banned for a long time because one of the brigade women had meanwhile been convicted of murder.
criticism
Horst Knietzsch and Horst Schiefelbein wrote in Neues Deutschland about the great recordings and human studies in the first part of the film, which at the end no longer harmonized with some very ostensible moments.
Web links
- Stars in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Stars at filmportal.de
- Stars at the DEFA Foundation
Individual evidence
- ^ DEFA Chronicle for 1963 at the DEFA Foundation
- ↑ Ralf Schenk in Die Sterne von Narva in the Berliner Zeitung of March 23, 2020, p. 17
- ↑ Neues Deutschland, November 25, 1963, p. 3