How the Berlin Worker Lives (1930)
- Original title
- Zeitprobleme: Wie der Arbeiter wohnt
- Directed by
- Slatan Dudow
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 12 min
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This short silent film from 1930 documents the poor housing conditions of working class people in Berlin. It shows crowded tenement buildings and slum neighborhoods.
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What happens
Zeitprobleme: Wie der Arbeiter wohnt ist ein Kurz-Dokumentarfilm aus dem Jahr 1930 von Slatan Dudow, einem der wichtigsten kommunistischen Filmemacher. Der Film gehört zu den Frühwerken des „proletarischen Reportagefilms“ und zeigt die dramatischen Wohnverhältnisse in den Berliner Mietskasernen und Elendsvierteln. Als Produktionsfirma fungierte das Filmkartell „Weltfilm“. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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