Christian Klemke

The film talks about the rise and fall of the two most influential protagonists in GDR-politics. In succession, over long stretches even together, Ulbricht and Honecker determined the course of the GDR, of course without ever getting out of being a satellite state to the big brother in Moscow. The film looks for the caesura and crucial points in the power game between Ulbricht and Honecker.

The film talks about the rise and fall of the two most influential protagonists in GDR-politics. In succession, over long stretches even together, Ulbricht and Honecker determined the course of the GDR, of course without ever getting out of being a satellite state to the big brother in Moscow. The film looks for the caesura and crucial points in the power game between Ulbricht and Honecker.

“We no longer stand before a choice between peace and war, but between peace and annihilation (Brecht 1947)”, one of the posters in the Berlin Alexanderplatz underground station reads. In autumn 1981, the Berlin Art Academy had organised a poster competition on the subject of “Peace for the World”. The camera, and along with it the viewers, become waiters and observers.

Disco-Film 41: The Berlin rock group Passion presents their "Apple Song" and interprets it in a humorous way.

Disco-Film 41: The Berlin rock group Passion presents their "Apple Song" and interprets it in a humorous way.

Disco-Film 39: The film, which is based on the song "Drachenflug" by the group Kleeblatt, tells of interpersonal relationships.

Disco-Film 39: The film, which is based on the song "Drachenflug" by the group Kleeblatt, tells of interpersonal relationships.

Disco-Film 38: In a cheerful interpretation of the song "Tanzt keiner Boogie", the group Silly and their singer Tamara Danz target the dance behavior of young people.

Disco-Film 38: In a cheerful interpretation of the song "Tanzt keiner Boogie", the group Silly and their singer Tamara Danz target the dance behavior of young people.