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Imbiß Spezial

Director: Thomas Heise, 27 Min., Black-White, Documentary
Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR)
1990

Film/Video Format
35 mm
Length in m
744
English Title
Snack Bar Special
Release Date (for Cinema)

Short Summary (English)

The lower level of Lichtenberg Station in Belin in early October 1989: the beginning of the end for the GDR. In the snack bar, the staff are catering for travellers of every kind while in the background the authorities maintain a flow of triumphal statements, but those months between August and October come to feel like sitting out the death throes. Careful observation of people and their work as the current of history suddenly becomes perceptible.

Film still for "Imbiß Spezial"

(Dir.: Thomas Heise, 1990) Photography: Sebastian Richter

Film still for "Imbiß Spezial"

(Dir.: Thomas Heise, 1990) Photography: Sebastian Richter

Film Crew

Director
  • Thomas Heise
Script
  • Thomas Heise
Camera
  • Sebastian Richter
Film Editing
  • Karin Wudtke
Script Editing
  • Gerd Kroske
  • Thomas Heise
Sound
  • Wolfgang Heise
  • Ulrich Fengler
Executive Producer
  • Peter Mansee
  • Peter Planitzer

Short Summary (German)

Die untere Halle des Bahnhofs Berlin-Lichtenberg in der Zeit der beginnenden Auflösung der DDR, Anfang Oktober 1989. Die Arbeit der Kollegen von "Imbiß Spezial" zur Versorgung all derer, die unterwegs sind, vor dem Hintergrund steter amtlicher Erfolgsmeldungen und Verlautbarungen, in denen die Zeit von August bis Oktober zur Agonie des Wartens auf das Ende gerinnt. Genaue Beobachtungen von Menschen und ihrer Arbeit im plötzlich wahrnehmbaren Fluss der Geschichte.

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