Angelika Andrees – The Empathetic Eye

In 1981, the Berlin Art Academy organised the “Peace for the World” poster competition. The results are studied by people waiting at the Berlin Alexanderplatz underground station.

In 1984, people from forty countries convened in Dresden for a congress of UNIMA, the Union Internationale de la Marionnette. Impressions from the world of puppetry.

Rolf Jarschel’s passion are lighters. He owns the largest collection in Europe with more than 3,000 items. A small showcase of his most memorable exhibits.

A perky 14-year-old girl at the centre of a lively, exhausting patchwork family model. The film stays close to its protagonists but indulges in quite a few digressions.

Institutionalised children talk about violence and alcohol abuse in their families – too forthright for DEFA, who stopped the film before completion. The fall of the Wall made the premiere possible.

Wolfgang E. Struck, artistic director of the Berlin Friedrichstadt-Palast, wistfully considers the imminent demolition of his house. A look behind the scenes of this renowned theatre.