FIVE GERMAN REALISTS • FÜNF DEUTSCHE REALISTEN
The Art of the GDR • Die Kunst in der DDR
FIVE GERMAN REALISTS • FÜNF DEUTSCHE REALISTEN
The Art of the GDR • Die Kunst in der DDR
Soloists:
Willi Sitte, Bernhard Heisig, Wolfgang Mattheuer, Werner Tübke, Harald Metzkes
Director:
Reiner E. Moritz
Shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Reiner E. Moritz portrayed five of the most important artists of the GDR, who had a lasting influence on the stylistic variety of socialist. Sitte, Heisig, Mattheuer, Tübke, Metzkes – five different biographies, five extraordinary characters, five different artistic positions ranging from acceptance to rejection of state ideology. Powerful interviews with the artists and numerous detailed analyses of their works reveal more than just the content of thepictures. Instead they show the influence of the totalitarian state, which led the artists to look for their own space within the artistic concept dictated by the state and to create unique, visionary means of expression.
Label:
Arthaus Musik
Genre:
Edition
Running Time:
275
Picture Format:
4:3/16
Sound Format:
Dolby Digital 2.0
Number of Discs:
5
Region:
0
Languages:
DE
Subtitle Languages:
GB
EAN:
0807280604696
UPC:
807280604696
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