Underplayed Gems

Prora (2012)

Prora poster
Directed by
Stéphane Riethauser
Genre
adventure, drama
Country
Switzerland
Runtime
23 min
Rated
NR
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 38 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A short film about a building complex on the Baltic Sea coast that was built by the Nazis for vacationers but never completed. It shows the empty decay of the site and reflects on its unfinished history.

melancholicquietcontemplativeslow-burnhauntingvisually sparseatmosphericunderstated

What happens

Prora ist ein schweizerischer Kurzfilm von Regisseur Stéphane Riethauser. Er hatte 2012 Premiere und erschien Anfang 2014 im Kino. Der Titel bezieht sich auf das ehemalige KdF-Seebad Rügen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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