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Porträt einer Bewährung

Proven Competence Portrayed
Portrait d'une mise à  l'épreuve
Alexander Kluge
1964 Germany 13 minutes German

This police officer’s career began in the German Imperial era. During the Weimar Republic he was beating up radicals. After 1933 he served with distinction under the new regime, but in the brave new world of the Federal Republic he has clearly gained even deeper insight: “Now I’d punch anyone in the face who doesn’t behave democratically.”

Production :
Kairos-Film
Editing :
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Sound :
Peter Schubert
Photography :
Winfried E. Reinke; Günter Hörmann

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