Leipzig – MITROPA [excerpt]
Leipzig – MITROPA [Ausschnitt]
Herbert Kasinski
Genius Loci 2020
Documentary Film
GDR
1969
5 minutes
German
Subtitles: 
None
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.
Credits
Director
Herbert Kasinski
Cinematographer
Herbert Kasinski
Producer
HK Produktion