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Matinee Saxon State Archive

Despite state control of the media, a vibrant subculture existed in the GDR, separate from the official glossy productions: From skilled hobby filmmakers like the “filmmaking baker” Manfred Seifert to critical voices from formerly state-controlled film studios. The Saxon State Archive presents a selection of these diverse Central German perspectives from around 1980.

Animated Film

GDR

1981

Haken

Manfred Seifert

Matinee Saxon State Archive

Animated Film

GDR

1981

6 minutes

German captions

Subtitles:

None

No Premiere

At the DEFA Studios, Manfred Seifert learned a very special animation technique from Bruno J. Böttge and Jörg Herrmann: silhouette animation. Henceforth, short films about a wide variety of subjects emerged from Seifert’s workshop, including this film about safety at work and how it is communicated by managers. Over the top, but to the point.

Meike Weimann

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