Leipzig Films Collection (1986 - 1997) - 2-DVD Set ( Alfred / Leipzig im Herbst / Letztes Jahr - Titanic / Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung / Große weite Welt ) ( Alfred / Leipzig in the Fall (Leipzig in Autumn) / Last Year Titanic / Faith Love Hope / Big Wide World )

Leipzig Films Collection (1986 - 1997) - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Alfred / Leipzig im Herbst / Letztes Jahr - Titanic / Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung / Große weite Welt
Alternate Title: Alfred / Leipzig in the Fall (Leipzig in Autumn) / Last Year Titanic / Faith Love Hope / Big Wide World
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
372 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1986 - 1997 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Gerd Kroske
Andreas Voigt
Sebastian Richter

Written By:
Gerd Kroske
Andreas Voigt
Sebastian Richter

Actors:
Gerd Kroske
Andreas Voigt
Sebastian Richter

Synopsis:

Alfred (1986)
Film indirectly criticized the economic system of the GDR and portrayed a worker who was expelled from the Communist Party.
Leipzig in the Fall / Leipzig in Autumn (1990)
The most comprehensive documentation of events surrounding the 1989 Monday demonstrations in Leipzig, East Germany. The film team finally got the permission of the state-owned film studio to document these historic events on October 16, 1989 and filmed until the fall of the Berlin Wall. With their heavy 35mm camera equipment, they were the only professional team filming in Leipzig. The film includes interviews with demonstrators, members of the citizens' rights movement, officials and bystanders in East Germany's peaceful revolution.
Last Year Titanic (1991)
A small crew films Leipzig 89-90. They interview factory workers, young people, a former journalist, a Redskin and others. These individuals share their thoughts about the reunification, its consequences and their plans for the future.
Faith Love Hope (1994)
This film follows some extremely right-wing teenagers in Leipzig, Germany, over a period of one year (1992/1993). It portrays what they think about belief, love and hope as well as about violence and their country.
Big Wide World (1997)
Addresses the statements of the protagonists of other Leipzig films by showing their development and how their lives have changed.

Voigt´s participation in Leipzig im Herbst/ Leipzig in Autumn, the documentation of the protests in Leipzig in October and November 1989, established his international reputation. He became one of the most important younger directors to document the political changes in East Germany after unification. Particularly his five films on the city of Leipzig function as a sensitive seismograph of the feelings of the people. ....His diploma film Alfred (1987), in which he portrayed a worker who was expelled from the party had already gotten him into political trouble with the Communist Party. The film could be seen only at restricted screenings, because it indirect criticized the economic system of the GDR... The protest against the GDR government began on October 7, 1989, but the documentary studio did not begin shooting until October 16. The DEFA team with its heavy 35 mm camera and additional lighting, was welcomed warmly by the protesters, a sequence that opens Leipzig im Herbst. In the interviews they openly demand more freedom, free elections and travelling, and the right to express their political opinions. In contrast, the state officials were thinking only of how best control the situation. The aesthetic style is typical for the DEFA, with an interesting cadre in black and white, long takes, and patient interviews with the protestors to get the essence of what was happening. The camera actively participates in getting an impression of the atmosphere at this demonstration.... His next film Letztes Jahr Titanic/ Last Year Titanic (1991) follows a journalist, a worker, a left-wing skinhead, a teenager and a pub owner between December 1989 and 1990, the last year of the GDR and the first one in reunified Germany. This film centers not on political opinions but on actual situations, developments, and personal feelings. Of course, in the beginning of the shoot, reunification could not have been predicted. So the film is an important document about the time of change, the social and economical insecurity, but it also has some ironic and even absurd moments and uses the metaphor of the last dance. Voigt´s fourth film, Glaube Liebe Hoffnung/ Faith Love Hope (1994), portrays a group of skinheads, some politically left wing, others extremely right wing. One feels the cold atmosphere of the society. The film was controversial. It was praised by some for its inside into the skinhead scene, but attacked by others for giving these radicals a platform for their arguments. Even more confusing were the images in ist brilliant black- and- white cinematography. The last film in Voigt´s Leipzig cycle is Grosse Weite Welt/ Big Wide World (1997). It addresses the statements of the protagonists of his other Leipzig films by showing their development and how their lives have changed.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 14 August, 2015.