Rabbit à la Berlin (2009)

Original title

Królik po berlińsku

Directed by

Bartosz Konopka

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany, Poland

Runtime

50 min

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short documentary describes the Berlin Wall from the perspective of wild rabbits that lived in the strip between the two walls. Their unusual habitat became a peaceful haven during the Cold War, until political changes disrupted their existence.

whimsicalironichistorically reflectiveobservationallightheartedfocusedelegiacunexpected

What happens

Rabbit à la Berlin (Polish: Królik po berlińsku, Deutsch: Mauerhase) is a 2009 documentary film, directed by Bartosz Konopka. The script was written by Konopka and Mateusz Romaszkan, and the movie was a joint German-Polish production with the producers Heino Deckert and Anna Wydra. It was nominated for an Oscar in 2010 for Best Documentary, Short Subject. It has also won awards at the Kraków Film Festival and the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. The film tells the story of the Berlin Wall but from point of view of a group of wild rabbits that inhabited the zone between the two walls separating West Berlin from East Germany during the Cold War. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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