Volkspolizei / 1985

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Volkspolizei / 1985

Volkspolizei / 1985
Thomas Heise
DEFA Matinee
Documentary Film
GDR
1985
61 minutes
German
Subtitles: 
None
No Premiere

A typical workday at the East Berlin precinct 14, Brunnenstraße, near the Wall, at the “interface to imperialism,” as one of the officers puts it. At first, Heise and Badel are free to film unhindered: car patrols, deployments to escalating disputes, criminal charges of “decadent appearance,” missing person reports. The director and cameraman appear to be authorised by the Ministry of the Interior and are allowed to shoot without restrictions. When they are eventually required to show their papers, which turn out to be nothing more than ordinary identity cards, the misdirection is noticed: Shooting is stopped, the footage disappears in locked cabinets. – The film premiered at the 25th Duisburger Filmwoche in 2001.


Linda Söffker

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Director
Thomas Heise
Cinematographer
Peter Badel
Producer
Staatliche Filmdokumentation

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