Die Architekten
Die Architekten | |
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Directed by | Peter Kahane |
Screenplay by | |
Produced by | Herbert Ehler |
Cinematography | Andreas Köfer |
Edited by | Ilse Peters |
Music by | Tamas Kahane |
Release date |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | East Germany |
Language | German |
Die Architekten (English: The Architects) is an East German film directed by Peter Kahane. It was released in 1990.
Plot[edit]
Daniel Brenner is an architect in his late thirties. Despite a top university degree, he has to spend his professional life with bus shelters and telephone booths. Then he receives the appealing commission to design a cultural center for a satellite town. Brenner accepts under the condition that he will be allowed to select his own team. Their plan to create a non-conventional construction fails. His wife and their common daughter leave the country for West Germany. Broken and disillusioned, Brenner collapses in front of the project's inauguration tribune.
Cast[edit]
- Kurt Naumann as Daniel Brenner
- Rita Feldmeier as Wanda Brenner
- Uta Eisold as Renate Reese
- Jürgen Watzke as Martin Bulla
- Ute Lubosch as Franziska Scharf
- Jörg Schüttauf as Wilfried Berger
Music[edit]
The music was written by Tamas Kahane. The film's songs counterpoint its images: Unsere Heimat is added to scenes of urban canyons, the Berlin Wall, industrial complexes and prefabricated housing developments. The protagonist collapses to the tunes of Handel's Messiah.
Reception[edit]
With less than 6,000 tickets sold, the film received scant attention at the time of release. In retrospect it is considered a significant cineastic contribution to the country's time of transition.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- The Architects at IMDb
- Oehmig, Richard (16 November 2009). 'Überholt' von der Geschichte? Drei DEFA-Spielfilme im Blickpunkt. ISBN 978-3-640-47262-8.