Underplayed Gems

Rolli - en tysker fra DDR (1993)

Rolli - en tysker fra DDR poster
Directed by
Rikke Rørbech
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
15 min
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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.

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How it feels

A 40-year-old man looks back on his life as a farm worker in East Germany and his struggles after the fall of the Berlin Wall. He now works as a coal stoker and thinks about the past while on the job.

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What happens

Rolli - en tysker fra DDR er en dansk dokumentarfilm fra 1993 instrueret af Rikke Rørbech. Rolan Samow er 40 år gammel. Han har i 22 år arbejdet som landarbejder i det tidligere DDR. Efter murens fald køber han gården, men må stoppe driften efter 2 år. Han arbejder nu som kulfyrbøder i Schwerin. Mens han arbejder tænker han tilbage til tiden... (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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