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Unemployed Are Cooking for the Unemployed (1932)

Unemployed Are Cooking for the Unemployed poster
Original title
Erwerbslose kochen für Erwerbslose
Directed by
Ella Bergmann-Michel
Genre
documentary film
Country
Germany
Runtime
10 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This short silent documentary shows unemployed people cooking for other unemployed people in soup kitchens in Frankfurt. It focuses on the practical work of preparing and serving meals during hard economic times.

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What happens

Erwerbslose kochen für Erwerbslose ist ein kurzer Werbestummfilm von Ella Bergmann-Michel von 1932 über Suppenküchen in Frankfurt am Main. Er war der erste Dokumentarfilm einer deutschen Filmemacherin mit einer breiteren Öffentlichkeitswahrnehmung. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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