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THE ALL-ROUND REDUCED PERSONALITY -
REDUPERS by Helke Sander
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premiered in Rotterdam in February 1978.
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The German premiere took place in Berlin
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at the International Forum of New Cinema
in 1978.
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In 2021, the film was digitised in 4K
and restored in 2K
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by Cinegrell Postfactory GmbH
on behalf of the Deutsche Kinemathek,
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based on the 35mm original negative
and the 17.5mm broadcast sound.
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Digitization was funded
by the German film heritage program.
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THE ALL-ROUND REDUCED PERSONALITY
- REDUPERS -
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A FILM BY HELKE SANDER
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Berlin, March 1977
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This is GDR Radio with the news.
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Radio Rias Berlin,
a free voice of the free world...
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...a musical literary
soirée whose motto is
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"Love is like a wild rose inside of us."
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Radio Free Berlin with the news.
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It's 9 o'clock, this is France Inter.
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This is GDR radio with the travel
forecast for the socialist world.
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Here's a letter for you from the USA.
Apparently it's been sent back once.
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It's got a message
for the post office on it.
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Could you translate it for me?
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Why, that's strange.
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It says, 'Postmaster, Berlin has
a special international status.
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It's neither in West
nor in East Germany,
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but I hope you'll find it
and be able to deliver the letter.
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Meanwhile I suggest
you ask President Carter
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to find out where Berlin actually is.'
There.
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- Maybe we don't exist.
- Or maybe we're up and coming now.
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- Thanks.
- You're welcome. Bye.
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- I won't let you go!
- But I have to.
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- Why?
- I have to take pictures.
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So what? Do that another time.
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Today I have to work.
Tomorrow we'll go swimming, OK?
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And we'll have ice cream.
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- Now let me go,
I really need to go, come on. - No.
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Don't make it so difficult for me.
It's always the same.
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So what?
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- Let me go now.
- No!
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- Yes.
- No.
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Get off, will you?
I have to go. I'll get mad.
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- No.
- Yes.
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Karla?
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Take this child away from me...
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Dorothea...
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I really have to go.
Stop horsing around!
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It's always the same!
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Bye dear, see you later, OK?
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- Then keep it!
- What's wrong with you?
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I have to get my coat.
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What's wrong with you?
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There!
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That was the third diesel engine
that just passed.
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We're waiting for the last steam engine
going from Berlin to Hamburg.
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It's an assignment.
One photo 32 deutschmarks.
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A tele shot across the border.
Still the wrong train.
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Edda Chiemnyjewski,
freelance photo journalist,
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waiting for an event
worthy of publication.
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There will not be
another Altona conference,
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where representatives
of German big business
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vowed to come to Berlin's aid
out of patriotism.
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Helmut Kohl,
chairman of the CDU, appealed to...
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The Indivisible Germany League,
annual general meeting.
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Two photos, 45 marks each.
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- Morning.
- This way.
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As usual. Thanks.
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To live modestly she has to take in
at least 3,000 DM per month.
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Fixed expenses: rent, 550 DM;
phone bill, around 200 DM;
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voluntary health insurance, 197 DM;
pension scheme, 40 DM;
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electricity, water, 150 DM;
car, 300 DM; other insurances, 45 DM;
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office supplies, 70 DM;
photo supplies and equipment, 500 DM;
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pre-payments on taxes, 120 DM.
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Total: 2,173 DM.
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Last vacation four years ago.
No sick-pay.
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INDIVISIBLE GERMANY
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For years, Edda
had been impressed by the following:
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The aesthetic imagination is the passion
for things that are none of your business,
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for the sorrows and fortunes of others,
the fate of a leather ball.
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A passion for things without meaning.
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One should be able to choose
what is none of one's business.
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Deutschland Auditorium,
senior citizens' party, three photos.
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Ms Chiemnyjewski, when covering openings,
conferences, markets etc,
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finds it difficult to limit herself
to saleable shots for the press.
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It is hard for her to be concise.
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She wastes too much time
trying to capture situations.
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- Do you prepare for this?
- Yes.
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- And how? - I get out some
of my better things and I smarten up.
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So you sew a dress especially for this?
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You don't.
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The reason why we put on this event,
why we invite you all here,
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is to demonstrate
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that no one in our city
has been forgotten.
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That we are one big family
that belongs together.
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And that we want to continue
to be one big family.
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Big families sometimes have problems,
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but they also have fun, and that's
what we're here for. Enjoy the party.
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...a piece dealing
with environmental questions.
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Today we will be discussing
green power, solar power,
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which many experts believe to
have a bright future.
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Yesterday, the first solar energy fair
and conference "Heat from the Sun"...
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Maybe she should start a relationship
with a man from the ad business.
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But then she might as well
have stayed in her father's shop.
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Two new insights suggested themselves
at this conference in Munich.
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Edda, we have to fight back.
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Look, Agfa's rationalization
helps Agfa and the big labs.
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But the papers we professionals need
aren't produced anymore, only plastic.
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And we need to spend
2000 DM or more on infrared dryers,
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while our old dryers go
into the garbage can.
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You're absolutely right.
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I recently went
to three department stores.
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Imagine, I went to a department
store to buy photographic paper!
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And eventually I did get some.
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And do you know how much it cost?
49 DM, imagine!
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That's 20 DM more
than at the wholesaler's.
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You should send Agfa the bill.
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Plus two hours of your time.
You can't bill your clients for that.
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I want to blow bubbles, too.
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- When it's empty you can.
- No, not when it's empty.
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...talks about nuclear energy,
the Third World and the Cold War...
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- I always bring you gifts that I like too.
- OK, now you blow.
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Thanks.
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...the union's chairman
described the situation as worrying.
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In Berlin yesterday,
a Westerner climbed over the wall
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and was arrested
on the East German side.
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Get them all!
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...peace talks between
President Marcos and rebel groups...
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- The door. Would you go and open it?
- Yes.
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The booklet we're working on
should have a simpler design,
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be easier to understand and
look more professional than these things.
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All sorts of interesting people
come to her.
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She should get rid of them,
but can't bring herself to.
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We want to use some of your photos.
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How much can you pay?
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- We don't get paid either.
- That's not my problem.
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I'd like to help,
but I have to earn a living.
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Let me explain:
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Some days
I spend the whole day in the darkroom
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and make 35 DM if I sell one photograph.
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I simply can't afford to help,
even if I'd like to.
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Here, for your troubles.
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Thanks.
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The question is: how can you show
sulphur dioxide over Berlin in a photo?
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I only have a map
made in Berlin, capital of East Germany.
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How do they deal with this over there?
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- They don't get involved.
- They're building, too.
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So their crap drifts across the border?
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We'll have to make the wall higher.
Now look here.
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West Berlin is all white here.
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Here are some more photos for you,
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possibly useful backgrounds.
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If you have ten executives
from the Berlin Power and Light Co. here,
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that doesn't help you, does it?
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Actually, we were thinking
of collages, like the ones by Kosak.
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- Then go to him.
- He doesn't have time.
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Neither do I.
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Saturday afternoon.
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Edda's photography group
has received public funding
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for a documentary series on Berlin.
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History of the project:
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1) The city council decides
to fund a public relations project
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to present the citizens
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with the "advantages
of their urban environment."
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2) The council decides
not to hire an ad agency
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and launches a contest to aid artists
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under the title
"Photographers Look at their City".
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3) A women's group
inside the governing parties decides
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to support a women's photography project
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in order to draw the
decision makers' attention
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to the existence of said women's group.
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4) The men give in
to the pressure from the women's group,
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and thereby
kill several birds with one stone:
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a) They can prove they support women's lib.
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b) The crucial point, however, is that
other projects would be more expensive,
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up to 75,000 DM,
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whereas the women's
project could be cut to 35,000 DM
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and the women were still happy
to get anything at all.
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We want to have all the photos accepted.
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If it says here, "Fight political
oppression in both German states",
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you're saying that
there's oppression in the West, too.
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They'll go all cultural on us,
they won't show it.
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They certainly didn't expect this from us
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or we wouldn't have
got the commission.
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Well, we're over the first obstacle,
we've got the money.
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But will we get them up
on the billboards?
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The project's called
"Women Photographers Look at their City".
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So now we look at our city
and we're appalled by what we see.
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Maybe Edda could explain her series.
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Maybe it won't be as drastic after all,
when things are in a context.
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Here you see the Wall,
a row of houses and junk.
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Who'd want to live there?
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You think it's provocative?
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Yes. No one wants to
live in a street like that.
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You can't offer this to people.
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But people are used to it.
You can see photos everywhere
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that show Berlin
with all the rubble and the ruins.
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But not in the newspapers.
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And what the papers
don't show is taboo for us, too.
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I don't know...
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Please explain your series.
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I have three main points.
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First: What is similar in West and East?
We're always shown the differences,
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so I shot the all-German square
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and his prize possession, the car.
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And the cityscape
still presents many similarities.
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Here are the Metro tracks,
and here again...
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The political slogans everywhere
are typical of Berlin.
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Only in the East
they're official and in the West
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people just graffiti buildings with them.
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I have more shots of that.
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My second point is:
Where does the Wall have openings?
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Edda secretly enjoys
watching East German TV
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and imagining that only five miles away
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the "fully developed
socialist personality"
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is watching West German TV.
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But it's realistic. Here, for example,
people can still see each other.
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You can see that the houses
are built in the same style.
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I do think it's a pity
we couldn't hang our curtain here.
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It would've been so much clearer:
radio, TV and germs crossing the border.
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I didn't make it up: the love stories,
the bi-party energy deals, it's all real.
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So, that's what
I've been concentrating on,
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all these things and the slogans.
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Other cities have graffiti too,
but here it's especially significant.
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It turns the Wall
into a sort of bulletin board.
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Now that they're making the Wall
higher, whiter and nicer all the time,
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it's like they're asking for graffiti.
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Well, that's one way I look at my city.
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I would like to choose the photos
according to two main criteria.
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First: alternative publicity.
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It's important that large photos
that you wouldn't get to see otherwise
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are shown all over the city.
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Certain groups
can't express their views on billboards.
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Grassroots movements
have no advertising budget.
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They do have a message, like any company,
but could never pay for a billboard.
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But the public's always
participated in this.
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Those slogans are made by the public.
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So the public's on our side.
We just have to make that clear.
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This looks as though
only the GDR was walled in.
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But if you look at a map,
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you'll see that the wall
is really around us.
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So it's us who live in a prison
and are subsidized
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because it's in the interests
of capitalism or America
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that West Berlin exists.
242
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That's why we're allowed to leave
this prison every now and then.
243
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We should be prepared
for the project being rejected.
244
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We should think
about what to do if it is.
245
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After all, it's expensive
to enlarge the photos and hang them up.
246
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And if they reject the project,
what do we do?
247
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The work will have been paid for,
248
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but we're not doing this for ourselves.
We want to reach the public...
249
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I want to know
how people will react if we enlarge them.
250
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But that's not the question.
251
00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:22,200
People will look at the photos
once they're up there.
252
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But how do we get them up
on the billboards?
253
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Will they allow us to put them up?
254
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I don't think it makes sense
to go on speculating.
255
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We should stick to our concept
and be as clear as possible.
256
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And if it fails...
257
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- I don't think it will.
- Let's risk it...
258
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We can either take the bull by the horns
or just give up.
259
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Not just on this project,
but also professionally.
260
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- I agree.
- That's too pessimistic.
261
00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:02,160
They won't let us
spoil their image of Berlin.
262
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The pictures are harmless,
but in context...
263
00:26:09,360 --> 00:26:14,880
- I'm afraid they'll ban the photos.
- I don't think they can do that.
264
00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:18,680
Here. What does Ulrike do?
265
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:21,680
She makes fun of important values.
266
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:28,400
Heike and her tunnel photos
in search of subterranean military bases.
267
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:33,040
Which might not be wrong...
268
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Or this one, the curtain project.
269
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I think we should tell them
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that there are surprises
in store for them.
271
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The discussion went on
for some time without any conclusion.
272
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Because they were not familiar
with their sponsors' way of thinking,
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they decided to ask
lawyers, journalists and artists
274
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:12,520
versed in all this for help.
275
00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:37,120
Edda shoots this anti-rape demonstration
without a commission.
276
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:41,520
She hopes a newspaper
will buy and publish her photos.
277
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:04,400
You didn't like
the idea of the silent march, did you?
278
00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:06,440
Could you tell me why?
279
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,120
It's important that those women
280
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who always come home
at 2 am do something,
281
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It could have been them.
282
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More needs to happen,
but you shoot first.
283
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DISARM ALL RAPISTS
284
00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:27,560
She thinks that not enough
285
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,920
of her socially significant photos
are bought.
286
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:34,960
After all, more than
6,000 women are marching here.
287
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,160
Women! Fight back against rapists!
288
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:46,520
All-German literature: Thomas Brasch.
289
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:53,760
"After the concert we went to the Wall.
'I thought it'd be higher', said Sophie.
290
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:58,840
We returned to Alexanderplatz singing,
'There is a house in half-Berlin...'
291
00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:01,400
Robert said all things are whole,
292
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:06,440
West Berlin and East Berlin
and all-Berlin and half-you and I.
293
00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:11,800
All things are whole,
and if divided they become whole again."
294
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Phone bill, 10, 19, 21...
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34.
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Darkroom, 4 hours...
297
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:47,480
She has no time
to reflect on nagging questions.
298
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,080
...one hour.
299
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,920
A question she'd like
to give serious thought to is
300
00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:02,120
"In what universe could a female cook
possibly find time to run a state?"
301
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:07,760
...this I wasn't able to do.
302
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:11,520
She'd like to understand
physics and biochemistry.
303
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:18,920
...schedule: ten minutes.
304
00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:23,200
She fantasizes about an orgy
305
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:27,440
but can't imagine
the faces to go with the bodies.
306
00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:43,400
Werner's a stray she took
in at some point.
307
00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:47,200
She's secretly surprised
he's still with her.
308
00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:57,120
He's of more use to her than vice versa,
as Dorothea is very attached to him.
309
00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,560
The two play well together.
310
00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:16,680
On the other hand, he's so low-key
she can only just stand it.
311
00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:27,000
She sometimes wonders what it would mean
for her daughter if they broke up.
312
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:36,000
Edda likes his stories
and his harmlessness.
313
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:50,720
So this guy in a uniform, the one who
takes your ticket and ushers you in,
314
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:56,480
comes out, walks up to me
and taps me on the shoulder saying:
315
00:33:57,160 --> 00:34:00,440
You're not allowed
to smoke inside the theatre.
316
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:08,320
Get it? He came out
while I was smoking outside and told me
317
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:13,080
- that smoking inside was not allowed.
- What a silly story.
318
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:23,120
Oh, the stories you tell me.
319
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,480
Here, so you don't get cold.
320
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:51,200
One day, I'll sew this one on for you.
321
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:58,480
Let's do something together tomorrow, okay?
322
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:01,520
Tomorrow I'm busy.
323
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:03,200
Doing what?
324
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:08,400
Today we mounted our first
large-scale photo, one of my photos.
325
00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:13,320
We'll carry it through the city
to test its impact tomorrow.
326
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:19,320
We want to show it in a different context
than originally planned.
327
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:24,080
And now I doubt
whether my photos of the Wall
328
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:28,520
really do show Berlin
from a different angle
329
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:33,240
or whether they're simply a reversal
of the usual tourist shots.
330
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,520
That's been on my mind for a while now.
331
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:45,120
I'm thinking if the photos
should be confronted with a situation
332
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:48,600
that is just as impenetrable as the Wall.
333
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,760
Like if you put it up
outside a military site,
334
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:55,360
or outside private property,
or a factory site,
335
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:59,080
and then take a new photo
of this situation.
336
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:03,520
I'm hoping that new photo
337
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:06,360
might not only describe Berlin,
338
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:12,560
but also show us our everyday limits
that are more important than the Wall.
339
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:21,400
Sunday morning.
340
00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:12,240
Three of the women mount the photo
so it can be carried through the streets.
341
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:14,600
The work takes longer than planned.
342
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:17,720
In addition, a male friend makes fun
343
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:21,440
of their plan
to actually carry the photo around,
344
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:25,920
instead of sitting down
and thinking through the pros and cons
345
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:29,600
of contrasting the photos
with their environment.
346
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:52,400
We're just going
to pick up Tarzan at his father's.
347
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:55,960
And then he'll have to help us.
348
00:37:56,520 --> 00:38:01,520
Couldn't you leave your son at your ex's
for a whole day? Just for once?
349
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:07,080
It's really a bother,
one of you always bringing a child.
350
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:12,720
Beautifully said.
351
00:38:34,720 --> 00:38:37,160
FIGHT THAT DIRT.
352
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:45,840
The first shock:
353
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:50,840
Will the photograph be noticed at all
among all those ads?
354
00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:17,640
They weren't allowed to shoot
355
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:20,320
near the American
military training sites.
356
00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:23,840
The radar station
is not a military plant.
357
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:25,920
Edda has the wrong lens.
358
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:36,320
I'll just take Tarzan upstairs.
I'll be right back.
359
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:50,960
Is the sun coming out?
360
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:57,720
My feet are wet. I need to go home
and change. My wellies are leaking.
361
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:09,360
Do you think they'll have
put up the curtain rods?
362
00:41:12,240 --> 00:41:16,000
I'm afraid of how they'll react
on the other side.
363
00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:21,320
You think
they'll take us for provocateurs?
364
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:25,480
- Wow, where did you get these?
- Tarzan left them.
365
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:31,280
Want to hear a joke?
366
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:38,247
An East German policeman asks a man
on Potsdamer Platz:
367
00:41:38,289 --> 00:41:40,440
"Can you identify yourself?"
368
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:45,520
The man points to his reflection
in a shop window and says:
369
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:51,160
"Yes, that's me!"
370
00:42:49,880 --> 00:42:55,520
DOWN WITH HONECKER!
DOWN WITH SCHMIDT!
371
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:01,360
SUPERPOWERS OUT OF GERMANY NOW!
372
00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:33,840
Front-row seats for a little world drama.
373
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:38,240
We'll put up a machine:
Pay ten pfennigs
374
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:40,240
and the curtain will open.
375
00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:47,600
Ah, people, houses, cars,
but not so many.
376
00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:50,120
A tram...
377
00:45:15,720 --> 00:45:17,080
AP reports
378
00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:22,040
that at the UN headquarters in New York
today, Secretary General Waldheim
379
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:27,840
and delegates from 14 countries
recorded a message to intelligent beings
380
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:33,800
which Voyager I might encounter
on its journey beyond the solar system.
381
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:39,840
"I greet you on behalf of the people
of our planet," Waldheim's message says.
382
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:45,800
"We are taking a step into the universe
and seek peace and friendship."
383
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:48,080
Mir i druzhba.
384
00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:53,760
"We want to teach if we're asked to do so
and learn if we're fortunate."
385
00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:18,840
Somehow all are disappointed.
386
00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:23,200
The curtain is not as impressive
as they had thought.
387
00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:51,160
Doesn't the curtain enhance
people's expectation
388
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:55,040
of catching an intimate peek
at the workers' fatherland?
389
00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:08,000
Could this also be the motherland
for the hopes of women?
390
00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:10,080
Oh dear.
391
00:47:14,720 --> 00:47:19,480
FOR A UNITED BERLIN
IN AN INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST GERMANY!
392
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:27,800
Complex things go on in our brains,
393
00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:32,000
the nerves they bear the strain.
394
00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:36,160
- We jump at the slightest sound...
- I'll be right back.
395
00:48:36,720 --> 00:48:39,880
...nervousness creeps all around.
396
00:48:40,720 --> 00:48:44,360
There's an oppressive atmosphere,
397
00:48:44,720 --> 00:48:48,120
our scalps are tingling
with this strange old fear.
398
00:48:48,720 --> 00:48:51,880
You're tired and just want to go home,
399
00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:56,120
but the voices you hear
won't leave you alone.
400
00:48:58,600 --> 00:49:03,880
'There's someone behind you,
someone's after you, don't turn around.
401
00:49:06,760 --> 00:49:11,920
Don't make a move now,
just stay calm now, keep your head down.'
402
00:49:35,120 --> 00:49:37,200
Let her get a stomach ache.
403
00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:19,800
Let's close this.
Today wasn't a very nice day, was it?
404
00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:21,200
No,
405
00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:24,880
I didn't like it either.
406
00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:32,240
Tomorrow we'll have a better one, OK?
407
00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:36,000
- Now I'll read you something.
- Yes, Winnie the Pooh.
408
00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:39,760
- Okay.
- The one where Eeyore loses his tail.
409
00:50:42,280 --> 00:50:44,040
That was further back.
410
00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:48,440
Let's see, how's your tooth doing?
411
00:50:52,800 --> 00:50:55,360
Here, this is where we were.
412
00:50:55,600 --> 00:50:57,880
"Eeyore loses his tail..."
413
00:51:41,760 --> 00:51:46,840
All sorts of Asian influences
find their way to Berlin via the USA
414
00:51:47,080 --> 00:51:52,600
and help the disoriented to find
themselves, the right diet or God.
415
00:51:54,440 --> 00:51:59,000
At age 34 Edda decided
to do something healthy for her body.
416
00:51:59,640 --> 00:52:03,480
She was taken by the beauty
of the movements
417
00:52:03,720 --> 00:52:07,560
and joined
her friend Werner's Aikido class.
418
00:52:07,960 --> 00:52:12,920
But in the last three months,
she was able to attend only five times.
419
00:53:15,720 --> 00:53:18,640
Tonight she decides to give it up.
420
00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:54,720
We just decided to get in touch
with the press right away after all.
421
00:53:55,160 --> 00:53:57,040
I'll see Hoffmann tomorrow.
422
00:53:57,440 --> 00:54:01,200
Marianne wanted to do that,
but this time I won out.
423
00:54:04,760 --> 00:54:08,400
...the area's most important
source of income,
424
00:54:08,840 --> 00:54:13,400
but also the basic resource for
the chemical industry.
425
00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:16,800
The earthquake has
put all this in jeopardy,
426
00:54:17,040 --> 00:54:19,440
including the infrastructure...
427
00:54:37,640 --> 00:54:40,760
I'll miss you a lot
when you're gone that long.
428
00:54:41,160 --> 00:54:45,240
How will I manage without you?
Maybe I should get married again.
429
00:54:45,640 --> 00:54:47,560
That won't help either.
430
00:54:56,400 --> 00:55:01,240
"Before falling asleep I think that
life is made up of days like this one.
431
00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:06,160
Points which, at the end,
are connected by a line if you're lucky,
432
00:55:06,600 --> 00:55:11,000
and they could also fall apart,
a meaningless heap of time spent,
433
00:55:11,480 --> 00:55:13,880
and only a constant effort
434
00:55:14,120 --> 00:55:18,880
gives meaning to the units of time
in which we live." Christa Wolf.
435
00:55:26,360 --> 00:55:28,680
Edda, wake up.
436
00:55:30,840 --> 00:55:32,480
A phone call for you.
437
00:55:33,640 --> 00:55:37,560
- I'm not home.
- It's urgent. Come on, wake up.
438
00:55:38,880 --> 00:55:40,040
Not again!
439
00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:41,600
Come on!
440
00:55:42,400 --> 00:55:44,000
- Urgent?
- Yes.
441
00:55:56,000 --> 00:55:59,920
Night assignments always seem to
promise that long-awaited scoop,
442
00:56:00,440 --> 00:56:02,280
but then it's just a routine job.
443
00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:17,480
Oh, my Berlin, you're the city
to which our hearts belongs.
444
00:56:17,720 --> 00:56:24,320
Berlin, Berlin,
my ties to you are so strong.
445
00:56:25,240 --> 00:56:32,440
But West Berlin, oh, West Berlin,
your fate Berliners does not please,
446
00:56:32,680 --> 00:56:36,600
you're not happy
to be the city at the front,
447
00:56:36,920 --> 00:56:40,040
but it'll be alright someday.
This is what Berliners say:
448
00:56:40,280 --> 00:56:43,640
When the chestnuts
and the lilacs bloom,
449
00:56:43,880 --> 00:56:47,280
then West Berlin will be a free town.
450
00:56:47,520 --> 00:56:53,880
No wars to fear and free
the city at the front will be.
451
00:56:54,960 --> 00:56:58,120
When the chestnuts and the lilacs bloom,
452
00:56:58,360 --> 00:57:01,840
send the Yankees across the pond.
453
00:57:02,080 --> 00:57:08,200
Peace will come
and all Berlin will be happy once again.
454
00:57:09,400 --> 00:57:14,640
...beginning with the new term
at the vocational schools of the GDR,
455
00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:21,600
"socialist law" will be introduced
as a foundation course. Details will be...
456
00:57:22,200 --> 00:57:25,560
...the further development
of our socialist society
457
00:57:25,800 --> 00:57:28,200
in all its aspects
458
00:57:28,440 --> 00:57:34,000
is closely linked
with the consolidation of...
459
00:57:42,320 --> 00:57:46,360
- Alright, darling, have a wonderful day.
- Yes. Bye.
460
00:58:10,560 --> 00:58:13,960
Monday. Going through the Sunday papers.
461
00:58:15,440 --> 00:58:17,320
You need to be up-to-date.
462
00:58:37,920 --> 00:58:39,720
Appointments for the day:
463
00:58:40,680 --> 00:58:46,080
managerial course on occupational
health, International Tourism Fair,
464
00:58:47,200 --> 00:58:50,960
various meetings
about the billboards and with editors.
465
00:58:52,520 --> 00:58:56,200
A gallery opening at night,
to meet the right people.
466
00:59:40,320 --> 00:59:43,040
If Mr Bartel isn't in,
I'll just talk to you.
467
00:59:43,400 --> 00:59:47,480
Last week, on the 26th, to be exact,
468
00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:52,440
I discovered
one of my photos in your paper.
469
00:59:53,880 --> 00:59:59,680
I didn't call earlier because
I thought you'd send the fee.
470
01:00:00,040 --> 01:00:01,680
And I wasn't credited.
471
01:00:02,040 --> 01:00:06,360
You used my photograph
and I'm really quite annoyed now,
472
01:00:06,720 --> 01:00:10,000
because this is
the second time it's happened and...
473
01:00:10,360 --> 01:00:12,280
It just mustn't happen again.
474
01:00:12,520 --> 01:00:17,240
So, please tell Mr Bartel
to call me on Wednesday.
475
01:00:18,120 --> 01:00:21,000
Not today. I'll be leaving now.
476
01:00:21,240 --> 01:00:24,840
Wednesday between noon and 2 pm.
477
01:00:25,440 --> 01:00:27,640
What do you mean by angry?
478
01:00:29,800 --> 01:00:34,560
Friendliness didn't get me anywhere.
OK. Chiemnyjewski.
479
01:00:34,960 --> 01:00:36,480
Thanks, bye.
480
01:00:37,840 --> 01:00:39,200
What did you say?
481
01:00:40,200 --> 01:00:43,800
- Please take your films out of the tub.
- Yes, will do.
482
01:00:49,160 --> 01:00:51,360
OK. Now the fire department.
483
01:00:51,760 --> 01:00:58,600
...equality of the sexes is codified
in the West German constitution. But...
484
01:01:04,840 --> 01:01:07,840
Mr Mahn? Hello, it's Ms Chiemnyjewski.
485
01:01:08,280 --> 01:01:10,320
Do you have anything for me?
486
01:01:11,920 --> 01:01:12,920
Nothing?
487
01:01:14,040 --> 01:01:18,600
Well, that's good for you, bad for me.
488
01:01:20,200 --> 01:01:24,680
...with the aid of national
conservative groups. He failed.
489
01:01:25,280 --> 01:01:30,160
The spread of godlessness among
the proletariat could not be contained.
490
01:01:30,680 --> 01:01:35,720
100 years have passed. On March 9th,
the Mission celebrates its anniversary.
491
01:01:36,160 --> 01:01:39,080
Things have changed fundamentally.
492
01:01:39,600 --> 01:01:44,560
579 exhibitors from 80 countries
presenting their holiday packages.
493
01:01:45,160 --> 01:01:49,040
Also on this week
is the boat and sporting exhibition,
494
01:01:49,400 --> 01:01:54,640
where everything from
rubber dinghies to saunas is presented...
495
01:01:57,720 --> 01:02:02,080
The parking spaces at the fairground
are full up.
496
01:02:02,320 --> 01:02:04,520
Visitors are asked to use...
497
01:02:05,480 --> 01:02:06,720
That was our traffic report.
498
01:02:07,360 --> 01:02:09,560
On the eve of International Women's Day,
499
01:02:09,920 --> 01:02:13,640
the East German Women's Association
celebrates its 30th anniversary.
500
01:02:14,000 --> 01:02:18,920
Chairwoman Ilse Thiele
proclaimed in her speech,
501
01:02:19,840 --> 01:02:23,680
"Our organization's 30-year history
502
01:02:24,600 --> 01:02:29,400
reflects the enthusiasm
and capabilities of women,
503
01:02:30,200 --> 01:02:35,160
their responsibility
and enthusiasm for the common task,
504
01:02:35,960 --> 01:02:39,920
their love for our socialist country
and its leading force,
505
01:02:40,280 --> 01:02:42,880
the Socialist Unity Party.
506
01:02:43,720 --> 01:02:46,760
Our organization has grown strong
507
01:02:47,360 --> 01:02:54,840
and became the one socialist
women's organization of our Republic.
508
01:02:55,600 --> 01:02:58,960
It embodies the best traditions
509
01:02:59,200 --> 01:03:01,880
of the progressive
German women's movement.
510
01:03:02,440 --> 01:03:07,520
The valiant example set by Clara Zetkin
and countless women and girls
511
01:03:08,080 --> 01:03:14,560
who fought against militarism,
fascism, and imperialist war,
512
01:03:15,320 --> 01:03:19,560
will continue to inspire us
and be an obligation for us..."
513
01:04:03,840 --> 01:04:07,480
Obsessed with everyday life:
how other women see it.
514
01:04:20,840 --> 01:04:23,800
Letter from her aunt,
Katharina Chiemnyjewski:
515
01:04:24,440 --> 01:04:27,960
"Dear Edda, please show
the difficulties of women
516
01:04:28,200 --> 01:04:30,920
who are married
to tyrants in your photos.
517
01:04:31,280 --> 01:04:37,000
Tyrants are even worse in old age!
They drive everyone crazy!
518
01:04:37,960 --> 01:04:43,760
Your dad sent Hatschi a nice book
written by a doctor from Berlin.
519
01:04:44,400 --> 01:04:49,120
We're both reading it.
Karl also sent us one of his poems.
520
01:04:49,640 --> 01:04:52,920
He wrote it during the war in Russia,
521
01:04:53,200 --> 01:04:55,600
when he was thinking
of your mother, Erika.
522
01:04:56,520 --> 01:04:59,440
The sun is shining into my room,
but it rains a lot.
523
01:04:59,800 --> 01:05:01,680
That makes me sad somehow.
524
01:05:02,440 --> 01:05:06,920
You can always call us, also at night.
Please write soon or call us.
525
01:05:07,320 --> 01:05:10,400
Love and kisses, your aunt Katharina."
526
01:05:32,560 --> 01:05:37,360
Today, they're off together to see
the people in charge of the billboards.
527
01:05:37,840 --> 01:05:42,080
They're going together
so they'll come across as more assertive.
528
01:05:48,240 --> 01:05:52,000
Oh dear, is this the garbage
that gets taken to the GDR?
529
01:05:52,360 --> 01:05:54,160
Yes, that's exactly right.
530
01:05:57,320 --> 01:06:00,480
You have to push it down
or you won't get it all in.
531
01:06:00,960 --> 01:06:05,880
My garbage photos are proving to be
much more difficult than I thought.
532
01:06:06,240 --> 01:06:10,240
You can't show the whole
exchange process in one photo.
533
01:06:11,120 --> 01:06:15,960
All those cows and pigs and debris
and junk that are carted to and fro
534
01:06:16,320 --> 01:06:19,320
can't be shown in one photo.
535
01:06:19,680 --> 01:06:25,200
And if you also want to show where
the Wall is porous to a certain extent,
536
01:06:25,560 --> 01:06:27,480
and how...
537
01:06:27,840 --> 01:06:30,760
Give me some more.
538
01:06:31,320 --> 01:06:35,920
...how West Berlin, East Berlin
and the GDR are mutually dependent,
539
01:06:36,280 --> 01:06:40,200
you'd have to do a series,
but I haven't finished that yet.
540
01:06:40,560 --> 01:06:42,880
Well, no more room in this can.
541
01:06:50,240 --> 01:06:53,400
They again discuss
which photos to submit.
542
01:06:54,840 --> 01:07:00,400
Still, I'm very curious about
how it'll look and how people will react.
543
01:07:06,560 --> 01:07:12,000
The problem is, if the man is prejudiced,
and they tell him too much,
544
01:07:12,640 --> 01:07:17,440
he might mobilize others, opponents
they don't know anything about yet.
545
01:07:39,880 --> 01:07:41,680
I don't see why not.
546
01:07:42,040 --> 01:07:47,200
On the other hand, this photo
is part of a documentary series,
547
01:07:47,560 --> 01:07:50,600
and we do see these things every day.
548
01:07:51,120 --> 01:07:52,680
It reflects reality.
549
01:07:53,080 --> 01:07:57,680
As a photo documentary,
I don't see why it shouldn't be accepted.
550
01:07:58,040 --> 01:08:00,320
Even if there are 100 photos
551
01:08:00,840 --> 01:08:04,000
and you can see
there's a group behind it?
552
01:08:06,280 --> 01:08:11,000
You might have to ask a politician
about that. I'm a businessman.
553
01:08:15,040 --> 01:08:20,280
I can't tell you how Berlin's politicians
would react to such a campaign.
554
01:08:20,720 --> 01:08:24,640
They were naive in expecting
a more precise answer.
555
01:08:25,800 --> 01:08:29,680
Viewed optimistically, however,
Edda could interpret the results
556
01:08:30,040 --> 01:08:34,920
as meaning that the way has been
cleared for her dormant plans.
557
01:09:20,640 --> 01:09:22,680
- Not today.
- Not today?
558
01:09:23,280 --> 01:09:24,960
Nor tomorrow either.
559
01:09:32,280 --> 01:09:33,920
But you're working here!
560
01:09:44,680 --> 01:09:47,280
She's dusted herself
off and put on a dab of perfume,
561
01:09:47,520 --> 01:09:50,800
ready to meet an important editor.
562
01:10:22,960 --> 01:10:24,560
She is oppressed by the thought
563
01:10:24,880 --> 01:10:29,680
that visiting these offices
should come naturally to her
564
01:10:30,080 --> 01:10:32,520
if she were to have a respectable career.
565
01:11:01,840 --> 01:11:03,160
The rest in brief:
566
01:11:03,520 --> 01:11:08,640
It took us two years to get
the Art Society to accept the project.
567
01:11:09,160 --> 01:11:11,320
Then we submitted it to the council,
568
01:11:11,680 --> 01:11:14,720
applied for lottery funds,
ran into difficulties,
569
01:11:15,080 --> 01:11:18,240
and eventually the FDP's
women's group supported us.
570
01:11:18,600 --> 01:11:25,040
They wanted to prove their worth
and show that they could organize things,
571
01:11:25,400 --> 01:11:28,600
so they put pressure
on their man on the lottery board.
572
01:11:28,960 --> 01:11:32,120
In other words,
it was no longer about us.
573
01:11:32,920 --> 01:11:35,080
When the project was accepted,
574
01:11:35,440 --> 01:11:40,360
they all expected us to show
miserable, destitute women in Berlin.
575
01:11:40,720 --> 01:11:45,840
But we were much more interested
in Berlin as a city and its functions,
576
01:11:46,880 --> 01:11:50,840
i.e. its legendary status as capital,
577
01:11:51,200 --> 01:11:54,720
as the "Window to the West",
as the "German Las Vegas and Disneyland".
578
01:11:54,960 --> 01:11:59,240
We even remembered that plan
to move Berlin to Lüneburg Heath.
579
01:11:59,800 --> 01:12:02,840
All the normal
and abnormal things that make up Berlin.
580
01:12:03,200 --> 01:12:07,960
Here are some photos.
We hung up a curtain in Bernauer Strasse.
581
01:12:08,320 --> 01:12:11,800
- It didn't work as well as Christo's...
- That's for sure.
582
01:12:12,440 --> 01:12:17,200
It was interesting to see
all those people gathering, though.
583
01:12:17,880 --> 01:12:21,280
This is where we wanted
to put it up originally.
584
01:12:23,640 --> 01:12:28,640
- And there's an idea behind this?
- Of course there is.
585
01:12:29,000 --> 01:12:35,480
And now we're afraid that
the billboard project will be rejected.
586
01:12:45,400 --> 01:12:48,160
These are photos from the exhibition.
587
01:13:11,920 --> 01:13:14,400
So you're trying to sell me a story.
588
01:13:17,240 --> 01:13:21,400
- Which group are you with?
- A group of women photographers.
589
01:13:22,840 --> 01:13:28,360
I'd have thought that feminist women
would tackle women's issues.
590
01:13:32,320 --> 01:13:34,480
- Thanks.
- Thanks.
591
01:13:37,080 --> 01:13:40,480
I see you're fighting
for women's lib yourself, huh?
592
01:13:42,840 --> 01:13:46,760
Be that as it may,
you're trying to sell your story.
593
01:13:48,160 --> 01:13:53,080
It would certainly be for your
benefit if we wrote a story about you
594
01:13:53,440 --> 01:13:56,240
and you became known beyond Berlin.
595
01:14:00,360 --> 01:14:02,920
Why don't you leave these things here,
596
01:14:03,280 --> 01:14:07,840
and if something new develops
just drop in and see us.
597
01:14:08,320 --> 01:14:11,160
I really expected
something more substantial,
598
01:14:11,400 --> 01:14:13,400
a short news item at least.
599
01:14:14,320 --> 01:14:15,360
We'll see.
600
01:14:39,160 --> 01:14:42,320
The parliamentary committee
for domestic affairs
601
01:14:42,680 --> 01:14:45,720
will be investigating
the wiretapping scandal.
602
01:14:46,240 --> 01:14:48,640
Committee chairman Wernitz, SPD,
603
01:14:49,000 --> 01:14:52,760
opposed creating
a special investigating committee.
604
01:14:53,960 --> 01:14:58,560
Two days after the meeting
the FDP will debate the issue.
605
01:14:58,920 --> 01:15:01,760
The Interior Minister will take part.
606
01:15:02,200 --> 01:15:07,600
The Supreme Court officially confirmed
that it has issued a warrant
607
01:15:07,960 --> 01:15:13,120
for the arrest of an employee
of the CDU/CSU parliamentary party.
608
01:15:13,920 --> 01:15:18,040
Her husband, suspected of espionage
for the GDR, is still at large.
609
01:15:18,400 --> 01:15:21,960
Edda promised her mother
to accompany her visitor from the East.
610
01:15:24,560 --> 01:15:27,320
What's in here? Let's repack these bags.
611
01:15:27,680 --> 01:15:30,280
This is Aunt Gretchen
from the other side,
612
01:15:30,520 --> 01:15:32,360
officially a "travelling cadre",
613
01:15:32,720 --> 01:15:37,400
i.e. somebody who,
because of their age or Party function,
614
01:15:37,800 --> 01:15:40,840
is allowed to visit the capitalist West.
615
01:15:41,360 --> 01:15:47,400
Let's put these oranges in this bag
and throw this one away.
616
01:15:47,760 --> 01:15:52,800
No, it's a perfectly good bag.
I'm taking it with me.
617
01:15:59,200 --> 01:16:00,200
OK.
618
01:16:07,080 --> 01:16:09,320
Give my love to Aunt Martchen.
619
01:17:03,480 --> 01:17:05,960
The "Grey Panthers"
620
01:17:06,400 --> 01:17:09,400
who bring cheap potatoes
and take new jeans
621
01:17:09,760 --> 01:17:12,560
are important west-east diplomats.
622
01:17:13,320 --> 01:17:17,240
They give detailed accounts
of daily life, are good observers
623
01:17:17,600 --> 01:17:20,560
and carry information back and forth.
624
01:17:54,880 --> 01:17:57,160
Maybe I can still eat it. Here.
625
01:18:06,400 --> 01:18:07,920
Ah, you kids.
626
01:18:09,320 --> 01:18:11,320
We can't do it any better.
627
01:18:22,080 --> 01:18:23,560
Shall we go on?
628
01:18:44,120 --> 01:18:46,480
Hi, yes. I'm drying my hair.
629
01:18:49,600 --> 01:18:53,880
To an art exhibition.
I have to make contacts.
630
01:18:55,040 --> 01:18:56,640
Yes, I do.
631
01:18:59,560 --> 01:19:04,640
She's doing fine, she's going to bed now.
Yes, we were there, too.
632
01:19:06,400 --> 01:19:08,400
Yes. She's no longer sick.
633
01:19:10,440 --> 01:19:12,320
Oh, but you knew that.
634
01:19:14,440 --> 01:19:17,000
OK, let's do that. What day?
635
01:19:29,040 --> 01:19:33,600
- Almost ready. Just getting dressed.
- What? Come on.
636
01:19:44,200 --> 01:19:46,240
- This is Wolfgang.
- What Wolfgang?
637
01:19:46,640 --> 01:19:50,680
Boy, you're stressed out.
You asked about the billboards.
638
01:19:51,040 --> 01:19:52,680
Right, I'm sorry.
639
01:19:53,040 --> 01:19:57,120
What Marianne was told
is only partly true.
640
01:19:58,120 --> 01:20:02,240
I asked an old buddy
from the student movement days
641
01:20:02,680 --> 01:20:07,600
who'd tried to get this firm to put up
posters against the emergency acts.
642
01:20:08,120 --> 01:20:10,200
At the time they refused.
643
01:20:10,720 --> 01:20:15,200
They said it was incitement,
violation of police regulations, etc.,
644
01:20:15,560 --> 01:20:18,880
and that Berliners had enough worries.
645
01:20:19,240 --> 01:20:23,560
He took it to the courts, but he lost.
646
01:20:24,440 --> 01:20:28,080
But that was then,
and it was much more political.
647
01:20:28,440 --> 01:20:31,280
- We're only documenting Berlin.
- Still...
648
01:20:31,640 --> 01:20:36,400
You have to take the political situation
into consideration.
649
01:20:36,760 --> 01:20:41,880
The SPD is caught up in so many
scandals that it won't be re-elected.
650
01:20:42,240 --> 01:20:45,640
The CDU is therefore
in an excellent position.
651
01:20:46,040 --> 01:20:48,000
Both coalition parties know
652
01:20:48,360 --> 01:20:52,200
that one of them will govern
with the CDU next time.
653
01:20:56,000 --> 01:20:58,840
It's Karin. I have a huge favour to ask.
654
01:20:59,200 --> 01:21:03,520
Could I bring my youngest son
over to your place tomorrow afternoon?
655
01:21:03,880 --> 01:21:07,840
You're my last chance.
I have this important appointment
656
01:21:08,200 --> 01:21:11,320
and I'll be back as soon as possible, OK?
657
01:21:11,760 --> 01:21:15,640
If there really is no other way,
I'll do it.
658
01:21:16,080 --> 01:21:20,480
Oh, wonderful. You're a dear.
I'll bring him round at 1.30 pm.
659
01:21:26,040 --> 01:21:28,080
Well, that's taken care of.
660
01:21:28,520 --> 01:21:33,720
- You're wearing the same things again.
- Couldn't find anything else.
661
01:21:37,920 --> 01:21:39,400
Leave that here.
662
01:21:40,840 --> 01:21:45,240
- You've been wearing those for weeks.
- No, I have two pairs of these pants.
663
01:21:45,600 --> 01:21:50,040
- Why?
- I bought them because it's practical.
664
01:21:59,240 --> 01:22:02,160
Thanks for clearing the table.
665
01:22:13,160 --> 01:22:15,240
And this one's missing, too.
666
01:22:28,720 --> 01:22:30,600
What about this?
667
01:22:31,600 --> 01:22:33,440
Just throw it out.
668
01:22:37,840 --> 01:22:40,200
Let's go. Here's your coat.
669
01:22:56,520 --> 01:22:59,400
- Do you think this will stay on?
- Sure.
670
01:23:01,360 --> 01:23:02,680
Then we can go.
671
01:23:24,720 --> 01:23:26,240
...won't be forgotten.
672
01:23:26,600 --> 01:23:29,640
Things have changed
over the past few years.
673
01:23:30,000 --> 01:23:33,480
I don't mean in terms of the Cold War,
but psychologically.
674
01:23:33,840 --> 01:23:34,840
Lately,
675
01:23:35,320 --> 01:23:40,240
people have been trying
not to present Berlin
676
01:23:40,600 --> 01:23:44,120
as Germany's window-dressing
for the East anymore.
677
01:23:44,480 --> 01:23:50,520
People are trying to put on
cultural activities for the people here.
678
01:23:51,000 --> 01:23:56,880
External publicity for Berlin has to work
first and foremost inside of Berlin.
679
01:23:57,240 --> 01:23:59,520
It has to be for the people.
680
01:23:59,880 --> 01:24:05,000
In this respect, Berlin's different
from other Western cities
681
01:24:05,360 --> 01:24:07,880
like Hamburg or Stuttgart.
682
01:24:08,320 --> 01:24:11,080
Here, the arts carry more weight.
683
01:24:11,440 --> 01:24:16,880
They're an important characteristic
of the city's viability,
684
01:24:17,280 --> 01:24:19,200
its ability to survive.
685
01:24:19,640 --> 01:24:22,440
The arts are a political issue here.
686
01:24:47,920 --> 01:24:50,920
As you know, we supported
your women's group
687
01:24:51,280 --> 01:24:55,080
against considerable
opposition from within our party,
688
01:24:55,440 --> 01:24:59,840
not because we thought
you would produce propaganda,
689
01:25:00,200 --> 01:25:05,560
but we did think you'd show
the working people, the women of Berlin.
690
01:25:05,920 --> 01:25:10,640
But then you only show walls,
you only captured negative impressions.
691
01:25:11,000 --> 01:25:17,560
Don't you think it might be wiser
to exhibit them in a small gallery first,
692
01:25:17,920 --> 01:25:22,040
before putting them up
on these huge billboards?
693
01:25:22,960 --> 01:25:27,120
A gallery is not at all
what we agreed upon.
694
01:25:27,480 --> 01:25:31,200
That would limit
our audience right from the start.
695
01:25:31,560 --> 01:25:37,080
I suggest we talk about this later,
all right? Shall we go this way?
696
01:25:39,840 --> 01:25:43,360
Don't forget that
the state ad corporation might say,
697
01:25:43,720 --> 01:25:49,480
"On principle we have nothing against it,
but these photos are objectionable
698
01:25:49,840 --> 01:25:53,240
and might lead to legal complications.
699
01:25:53,640 --> 01:25:56,560
Therefore we don't have to put them up."
700
01:25:56,960 --> 01:26:00,720
What if we put them up
on construction site fences?
701
01:26:01,120 --> 01:26:04,040
That depends on who the owner is.
702
01:26:04,400 --> 01:26:09,320
If it's the ad company,
then the situation is the same.
703
01:26:09,760 --> 01:26:16,160
If they're private property
then the decision lies with the owner.
704
01:26:16,520 --> 01:26:21,160
And I'm pretty sure
that a private owner won't put them up.
705
01:26:21,560 --> 01:26:26,840
In this case I'd suggest
you use more cunning tactics
706
01:26:27,200 --> 01:26:30,360
and not demand too much
from the institutions.
707
01:26:30,720 --> 01:26:34,920
We journalists could
clarify the group's intentions
708
01:26:35,280 --> 01:26:38,600
in a review on the day of the opening
709
01:26:38,960 --> 01:26:43,920
if they're not
adequately expressed in the posters.
710
01:26:44,560 --> 01:26:47,400
Since the days of the emergency acts,
711
01:26:47,760 --> 01:26:53,520
our tactics for dealing with the Berlin
senate have always been the same.
712
01:26:53,880 --> 01:26:57,440
We try to find support abroad.
713
01:26:58,000 --> 01:27:02,560
If you want to succeed, and I like
your work, find support abroad.
714
01:27:02,920 --> 01:27:05,080
I know a jury president in NYC.
715
01:27:05,720 --> 01:27:08,840
That's Berlin politics,
take it or leave it.
716
01:27:09,200 --> 01:27:14,120
But then we'd be adding
to the politics that we don't agree with.
717
01:27:14,480 --> 01:27:21,120
So you don't want to get involved in the
wheeling and dealing. That's not fair.
718
01:27:25,680 --> 01:27:28,200
Well? Were you successful?
719
01:27:28,640 --> 01:27:32,720
That editor's on our side,
she'll write something.
720
01:27:33,640 --> 01:27:36,400
I was given a lecture on Berlin...
721
01:27:37,000 --> 01:27:40,960
Berlin in general, in particular,
yesterday and today.
722
01:27:46,280 --> 01:27:50,320
The construction fence idea
is good but not feasible.
723
01:27:50,720 --> 01:27:55,360
- I don't think so. How do you know?
- A lawyer explained it to us.
724
01:27:55,720 --> 01:28:00,200
- Not all lawyers know the game.
- That's true too.
725
01:28:00,600 --> 01:28:04,080
There's someone else I know,
let's go see him.
726
01:28:08,600 --> 01:28:12,000
Do you remember
my first exhibition 11 years ago?
727
01:28:12,400 --> 01:28:16,000
- I was in the tobacco trade then.
- Doing what?
728
01:28:16,360 --> 01:28:17,560
Trading in tobacco.
729
01:28:17,960 --> 01:28:23,800
Well, and then a newspaper wrote
we were cultural Bolsheviks.
730
01:28:25,040 --> 01:28:30,560
That first exhibition brought me success
and I showed what I wanted to show.
731
01:28:31,560 --> 01:28:32,640
What was that?
732
01:28:33,040 --> 01:28:37,400
I showed people in
their social and political situations,
733
01:28:37,760 --> 01:28:40,840
as I wanted others to see them.
734
01:28:41,280 --> 01:28:45,800
Once, I opened an exhibition
for the Arts Festival and said
735
01:28:46,160 --> 01:28:50,400
that the Berlin Senate was
interested in publicity
736
01:28:50,760 --> 01:28:52,480
and not in the arts.
737
01:28:53,000 --> 01:28:55,440
No mention of it in the papers,
738
01:28:55,800 --> 01:29:00,880
even though some journalists
had even interviewed me afterwards.
739
01:29:01,240 --> 01:29:06,600
That was the first time I felt the power
of the senate and the mafia.
740
01:29:07,040 --> 01:29:10,080
Later a cabinet member told me,
741
01:29:10,440 --> 01:29:15,400
"You shouldn't step on people's toes.
Be careful, think it over."
742
01:29:15,800 --> 01:29:20,960
I received lucrative commissions
and learned how things are done.
743
01:29:21,320 --> 01:29:26,120
And now I know how to
go about getting my work shown.
744
01:29:27,400 --> 01:29:30,080
But there's something else.
745
01:29:30,640 --> 01:29:35,840
I catch myself not photographing
those things I really want to show.
746
01:29:36,200 --> 01:29:40,040
I realize that when I'm choosing
photos for an exhibition,
747
01:29:40,400 --> 01:29:45,640
I've become very careful,
a kind of pluralism seeps into my work.
748
01:29:46,000 --> 01:29:51,000
I like this city. I want to stay here,
and that's why I do it this way.
749
01:29:51,960 --> 01:29:57,200
Please do what you set out to do.
It's very courageous, do it.
750
01:31:22,840 --> 01:31:25,920
Well hello, Edda. Long time no see!
751
01:31:26,840 --> 01:31:29,880
- How are things?
- I could do with a shot!
752
01:31:30,240 --> 01:31:33,120
- Well, have one on me.
- Yes, please.
753
01:31:42,040 --> 01:31:44,720
- Thanks. Cheers, Bernie.
- Cheers.
754
01:32:22,160 --> 01:32:26,880
"There are things we never hear about,
yet they happen in our time.
755
01:32:27,240 --> 01:32:30,360
Thus we move on, bit by bit.
756
01:32:31,280 --> 01:32:34,640
Our feet on the ground
and heads in the clouds."
757
01:33:43,520 --> 01:33:45,520
"I don't want to go any further.
758
01:33:45,880 --> 01:33:51,480
If you ask someone about their diary,
you won't be told everything.
759
01:33:51,880 --> 01:33:56,600
Plans, entered clearly in the diary,
could not be discussed
760
01:33:56,960 --> 01:34:03,240
when they were changed, dropped, failed
or unexpectedly appeared out of nowhere.
761
01:34:03,600 --> 01:34:06,040
Impossible to describe the attempts
762
01:34:06,400 --> 01:34:10,040
at distancing oneself
from immediate experiences,
763
01:34:10,400 --> 01:34:13,000
and the errors made in the process.
764
01:34:13,360 --> 01:34:18,760
Of course the names, written once
or often in a diary, go unmentioned."
765
01:34:19,120 --> 01:34:20,640
By Christa Wolf.
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