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In Transition: Report on a Hope
Kurt Tetzlaff
A reencounter with Alexander, Tetzlaff’s protagonist of “In Transit”. The mood of departure of the autumn of 1989 gives way to disappointment and resignation only a short time later.
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In Transition: Report on a Hope

Im Übergang – Protokoll einer Hoffnung
Kurt Tetzlaff
DEFA Matinee 2021
Documentary Film
Germany
1991
82 minutes
German
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Once again Kurt Tetzlaff portrays Alexander, who in 1990 works as a nurse and is active in the “Action Reconciliation”. The sense of departure of the autumn of 1989 slowly gives way to disappointments about the outcome of the People’s Chamber elections in 1990, the currency reform and the Unification Treaty. The political and social changes took place at a rapid pace that many found hard to follow. The sense of community that carried people through 1989 is fading. “Now it’s every man for himself”, Alexander states. He has no use for capitalism: “I feel just as lied to and cheated as before.” Resignation spreads.

Philip Zengel

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Director
Kurt Tetzlaff
Script
Kurt Tetzlaff, Eckard Mieder
Cinematographer
Ingo Bahr, Jürgen Partzsch, Claus Mühle, Karl Faber, Hans Borrmann, Andreas Bergmann
Editor
Monika Schäfer
Producer
DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme
Sound
Dietmar Falkenthal, Hartmut Haase, Lutz Laschet, Rainer Pape