So Why Make a Film About These People? (1980)

So Why Make a Film About These People?

1980

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Overview

"This was my first student documentary. I shot it over the Easter vacation in 1980 on 16mm, black-and-white reversal film. Apart from two five-minute exercises, it was destined to be the only film I ever finished at the College of Film and Television of the German Democratic Republic (Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen der DDR, HFF) in East Germany’s Potsdam-Babelsberg. It was quickly banned from being shown publicly and it remained in storage until the end of 1989. The film tells the story of a mother and her sons having coffee and cake while they try to remember –in vain– when the first time was that they tangled with the police. The reason it was banned was the casual way the film portrayed those young men living their lives untouched by ideology, including taking their careers as petty criminals for granted, meaning the film’s author accepted their existence, as is, and simply wanted to explore it.”

Status: Released

Language: DE

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Production Information

Production Companies

Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München

Production Countries

East Germany Germany

Spoken Languages

German

Quick Facts

Original Title	Wozu denn über diese Leute einen Film?
Release Date	December 31, 1980
Status	Released
Language	DE
IMDb ID	tt0147730

Cast

Key Crew

Thomas Heise

Director

Thomas Heise

Writer

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