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Retrospective 2023
Filmstill 17 June in Saarland
17 June in Saarland
Sven Trittelvitz
When exactly did the GDR uprising happen? And the building of the Wall? A television report about a “holiday” in the Saarland whose cause hardly anyone remembers.
Filmstill 17 June in Saarland

17 June in Saarland

Der 17. Juni im Saarland
Sven Trittelvitz
Retrospective 2023
Documentary Film
FRG
1964
9 minutes
German
Subtitles: 
None

One of many commemoration ceremonies, eleven years after the GDR uprising. The report combines a Saarland politician’s thoughtful speech with idyllic shots of a high-spirited population: at open air swimming pools, playing cards or on camping sites. “Do you know what we commemorate today?” the reporter asks. The answers are deeply irritating.

Katharina Franck, Andreas Kötzing

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Sven Trittelvitz
Producer
Saarländischer Rundfunk