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Neustadt (Stau – Der Stand der Dinge)

Issues bloquées / The State of Things
Thomas Heise
2000 Germany 86 minutes German
© Ö Filmproduktion

Tales of lives at Neustadt, in the former GDR. The film observes Germany at a crossroads, on the disquieting frontier between the “old” and the “new”, where loss, poverty, the flailing of the far-right, and the violence and draining of feelings are never far away.

Production :
Ö Filmproduktion; MDR Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
Editing :
Gudrun Steinbrück
Sound :
Uwe Haussig
Photography :
Peter Badel; Maxim Wolfram