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Yearning to be free, and yet going round in circles – Matthias’ story is shaped by this contradiction. He has spent five months in solitary confinement, sentenced by the GDR authorities for attempting to flee. The spiral of fear has continued to turn up to this day, more than 20 years after his release.
DEU 2011 / 17 min
Director: Marie Elisa Scheidt,Alexandra Wesolowski
Yearning to be free, and yet going round in circles – Matthias’ story is shaped by this contradiction. He has spent five months in solitary confinement, sentenced by the GDR authorities for attempting to flee. The spiral of fear has continued to turn up to this day, more than 20 years after his release.