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Genius Loci 2020
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Leipzig – MITROPA [excerpt]
Herbert Kasinski
A portrait of the Mitropa restaurant at the Central Station. Lively music accompanies impressive figures: Every day, 800 trains carrying 250,000 passengers arrived at 32 platforms.
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Leipzig – MITROPA [excerpt]

Leipzig – MITROPA [Ausschnitt]
Herbert Kasinski
Genius Loci 2020
Documentary Film
GDR
1969
5 minutes
German
Subtitles: 
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The filmmaker Herbert Kasinski portrays the Mitropa restaurant at Leipzig Central Station which seems a little out of time. The figures quoted at the beginning of the film and the number of hungry and thirsty people extrapolated from them are still impressive today: Every day, 800 trains carrying 250,000 passengers arrived at Europe’s biggest terminal with its then 32 platforms.

Konstantin Wiesinger

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Herbert Kasinski
Cinematographer
Herbert Kasinski
Producer
HK Produktion