Summer, Sun, AK 8
(Sommer, Sonne, AK 8)
GDR, 1956, 19 min, color
In German; no subtitles

Sommer, Sonne, AK 8 © DEFA-Stiftung
Credits:
Schneider, Helmut |
Schnabel, Rolf |
Schneider, Helmut |
Beck, Charlotte |
Gerstmann, Helmut |
Männling, Hans-Ulrich |
Grottke, Kurt |
DEFA Studio for Documentary Films |
Synopsis
This documentary, intended to inspire new home filmmakers, tells the stories of ordinary people who learned how to make their own films by renting inexpensive AK 8 cameras. A young couple documents their vacation on the Baltic Sea, a garden plot community celebrates a party, and comrades from a sports club even film themselves playing cards underwater. The film's sarcastically humerous commentary on everyday life plays with clichés and taboos.