Tag Archives: Germany

troubadour and anti-hero of a complex era (film: Gundermann – Andreas Dresen, 2018)

‘Gundermann‘ made in 2018 by Andreas Dresen is the biography of a musician. It can be categorized as a biographical and musical film but it is very different from what we usually see in these genres. 30 years have passed … Continue reading

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Berlin between war and peace (TV series: Ku’damm 56, season 1)

Looking back in historical perspective 1956 was one of these turning point years in history, when things accelerate, when a lot of related and unrelated events with lasting consequences happen. It was the first such year after WWII, the year … Continue reading

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Otto Dix at Neue Galerie

I have discovered Otto Dix a few years ago in Dresden. I knew almost nothing about him, and when I say his extraordinary anti-war triptych at the Dresden Art Museum I was immediately stricken by the force of the expression … Continue reading

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Documentary: Das Ende des Politburos

This will certainly not be the last and ultimate documentary made about the events that precluded and picked that night of November in 1989 when the infamous Wall of Berlin fell, signaling that the process of ending the Communist rule … Continue reading

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Film – Das weisse Band (Michael Haneke – 2009)

The full title in German of the film is  ‘Das weisse Band – Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte’ – ‘The White Ribbon – A German Children Story’ which could translate as ‘story for children’ or ‘story about children’. A story for children … Continue reading

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Max Raabe

The New Year broadcast of ARTE brought to my attention the cabaret music of Max Raabe. Born in 1962 Raabe leads Palast Orchestra – a band continuing the tradition of German cabaret music in the 1920s and 1930s. The above … Continue reading

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Wannsee

Intr-o discutie pe una dintre listele internetice verisoare a venit vorba despre Wannsee. Colegi de pe acea lista au vazut un film, cred ca o docudrama despre conferinta tinuta la 20 ianuarie 1942 in care a fost pecetluita soarta evreilor … Continue reading

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