Underplayed Gems

Der Junge mit der Lampe (1957)

Der Junge mit der Lampe poster
Directed by
Jürgen Böttcher
Genre
documentary film
Country
German Democratic Republic
Runtime
13 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A boy walks through central Berlin carrying a floor lamp. The city still shows ruins from the war and children play and draw with chalk on the pavement. The film is black and white with no sound.

observationalquietmelancholicnostalgicslow-pacedevocativemundanereflective

What happens

Der Junge mit der Lampe ist ein Dokumentarkurzfilm von Jürgen Böttcher von 1957. Ein Junge läuft mit einer Stehlampe in der Hand durch die Innenstadt von Berlin. Es sind noch viele kriegszerstörte Gebäudereste zu sehen, darunter der Nordbahnhof, sowie Kinder, die spielen und mit Kreide das Straßenpflaster bemalen. Der Film ist schwarzweiß und ohne Ton. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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