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Mein Kind (1955)

Mein Kind poster
Directed by
Joris Ivens
Genre
documentary
Country
German Democratic Republic, Germany
Runtime
22 min
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary film from 1955 about the life of a child. It shows the everyday experiences and environment of a young person in the German Democratic Republic.

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What happens

Georg Henri Anton "Joris" Ivens (18 November 1898 – 28 June 1989) was a Dutch documentary filmmaker. Among the notable films he directed or co-directed are A Tale of the Wind, The Spanish Earth, Rain, ...A Valparaiso, Misère au Borinage (Borinage), 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War, The Seine Meets Paris, Far from Vietnam, Pour le Mistral and How Yukong Moved the Mountains. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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