Underplayed Gems

Der Prozeß (1977)

Der Prozeß poster
Directed by
Jörg Foth
Country
German Democratic Republic
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How it feels

In a small East German town, a young Polish worker and a German woman are in a relationship. The local population and even the youth organization disapprove of this cross-border romance.

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What happens

Der Prozeß ist ein Kurzfilm von Jörg Foth von 1977. Die Liebesbeziehung zwischen einem jungen polnischen Arbeiter und einer jungen deutschen Frau in einer DDR-Kleinstadt sorgt für Missfallen der Umgebung. Die Mutter des jungen Mannes ist skeptisch, in der Bevölkerung wird getuschelt und auch die FDJ ist mit dieser Form der deutsch-polnischen Freundschaft nicht besonders zufrieden.Filme ausländischer Student*innen an der Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen "Konrad Wolf" Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, von Ilka Brombach, 31. August 2018, Mitte des Textes Der Film endet offen, aber die Schwierigkeiten sind deutlich sichtbar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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