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BROTHERS AND SISTERS

Symposium

Pavel Schnabel travelled to Weimar in 1988 on behalf of German regional public broadcaster SWR, to film a news feature on the city partnership between Trier and Weimar. He was assigned four "production assistants" from Eastern German television who introduced him to hand-picked protagonists for his film. After the fall of the Wall, Schnabel went to see these individuals again under radically altered circumstances. Employing trenchant montage editing and a keen eye for detail, he documents and comments on the developments during this period of upheaval – marked by resurgence and hope, disorientation and a sense of powerlessness.
DEU 1991 / 95 min / OV + eng SUB
Language: German
Director: Pavel Schnabel
Screenings
  • Murnau Th, 23.04. / 19:15 Uhr
  • CinéMayence Mainz Fr, 24.04. / 20:00 Uhr
  • Screenplay: Pavel Schnabel
  • Editor: Eva Voosen
  • Sound: Kurt Eggmann
  • Producer: Pavel Schnabel
  • Production Company: Pavel Schnabel Filmproduktion
  • Co-Production Company: Filmproduktion/Südwestfunk
  • Rights Holder: Pavel Schnabel Filmproduktion
Pavel Schnabel travelled to Weimar in 1988 on behalf of German regional public broadcaster SWR, to film a news feature on the city partnership between Trier and Weimar. He was assigned four "production assistants" from Eastern German television who introduced him to hand-picked protagonists for his film. After the fall of the Wall, Schnabel went to see these individuals again under radically altered circumstances. Employing trenchant montage editing and a keen eye for detail, he documents and comments on the developments during this period of upheaval – marked by resurgence and hope, disorientation and a sense of powerlessness.
  • Screenplay: Pavel Schnabel
  • Editor: Eva Voosen
  • Sound: Kurt Eggmann
  • Producer: Pavel Schnabel
  • Production Company: Pavel Schnabel Filmproduktion
  • Co-Production Company: Filmproduktion/Südwestfunk
  • Rights Holder: Pavel Schnabel Filmproduktion