Walter Ballhause: One Among Millions
(Walter Ballhause – Einer von Millionen)
GDR, 1982, 21 min, b&w
In German; English subtitles
Walter Ballhause – Einer von Millionen © DEFA-Stiftung
Credits:
Mund, Karlheinz |
Lehmann, Christian |
Liebmann, Rolf |
Mund, Karlheinz |
Lehmann, Christian |
Eisler, Hanns |
Schoor, Wolfgang |
Busch, Ernst |
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Synopsis
With his hidden Leica camera, amateur photographer Walter Ballhause (1911-1991) documented the lives of unemployed workers in Hanover and the rise of the Nazis during the Great Depression. His striking black and white photos were subsequently forgotten and only rediscovered in the 1970s. This film combines those pictures with an interview with Ballhause conducted in December 1981.
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