Kuhle Wampe

Subtitle

Wem gehört die Welt?

Alternative title

Wither Germany?

Synopsis

A 68-minute feature film written by Berthold Brecht, focusing on the fortunes of a working-class family in depression-era Berlin and the disastrous consequences of poverty and mass unemployment which forced them to take refuge in a camp for the dispossessed. A film merging documentary-style realism with subversive comedy, it was the only Communist film to come out of Weimar Germany and was banned on Hitler’s rise to power in 1933. Musical score by Hans Eisler.
Part 2 of the video version is a 48-minute essay by Andrew Hoellering, son of the producer Georg Hoellering, offering a personal insight into the making of the film.

Language

English

Country

Germany

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 68, 48 min.

Year of production

1932

Availability

Sale; 2004 sale: £15.99 (inclusive)

Notes

Reviewed in ‘Monthly Film Bulletin’ Vol 45 No 534 (7/78), p146.

Subjects

History; Media studies

Keywords

Brecht, Bertolt (1898-1956); cinema - Germany; depression - economic; Germany; socialism

Credits

Director

Slatan Dudow

Producer

Georg M Hoellering; Robert Scharfenberg

Writer

Bertolt Brecht; Ernst Ottwald

Contributor

Andrew Hoellering; Hans Eisler

Production Company

Name

Prometheus-Filmverleih und Vertriebs

Distributor

Name

BFI Video

Email

video.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://www.bfi.org.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7957 8957

Fax

020 7957 8968

Address

21 Stephen Street
London
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