Movie: Censored: Kuhle Wampe

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Erwin Geschonneck
Erwin Geschonneck

Kurt Böwe
Kurt Böwe

Wolfgang Greese
Wolfgang Greese

Jürgen Holtz
Jürgen Holtz

Peter Kalisch
Peter Kalisch

Erika Pelikowsky
Erika Pelikowsky

Wolfgang Lohse
Wolfgang Lohse

Erik S. Klein
Erik S. Klein

Adolf Peter Hoffmann
Adolf Peter Hoffmann

Margit Schaumäker
Margit Schaumäker

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    A detailed reconstruction of the censorship case against the landmark Weimar-era communist film, Kuhle Wampe, or Who Owns the World? (1932). Directed by Slatan Dudow, the crew and cast included left-wing luminaries, such as playwright Bertolt Brecht, composer Hanns Eisler and balladeer Ernst Busch. The film was the subject of vehement disputes and was banned twice for revolutionary and communist tendencies that were perceived to threaten the state. About 230 meters of the original film fell victim to the censor’s shears. This historic censorship case was argued over the course of three sessions. Censored: Kuhle Wampe re-enacts the censorship hearings, based on original minutes and documents, as well as personal records of the case. In addition to footage from the original film, this docudrama includes original clips of Berlin in the 1920s and '30s and short testimonies, filmed in the 1970s, with some of the actors involved in the original Kuhle Wampe film production.

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    1975-05-02

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