Iron Age
(Eisenzeit)
Germany, 1991, 86 min, color
In German; no subtitles

Eisenzeit © DEFA-Stiftung
Credits:
Heise, Thomas |
Heise, Thomas |
Schöning, Karin |
Richter, Sebastian |
Paulukat, Tilo |
Young, Neil |
Stanislawski, Patric |
Dahmann, Manuel |
Kruschke, Herbert |
Planitzer, Peter |
DEFA Studio for Documentary Films |
Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) |
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Synopsis
Ten years later, director Heise returns to Stalinstadt, now called Eisenhüttenstadt, the site where his never-completed documentary Anka and... was filmed.
The protagonists, born around the time the Wall was build, have mostly left: Mario, Tilo, Karsten and Frank, friends since early childrenhood, had all moved to Berlin, where Mario and Tilo hanged themselves in the final days of the DDR. Frank became involved in the West Berlin drug scene and only Karsten leads a good life.
Anka, who had formerly loved each of the four men, remained behind with her daughter in Eisenhüttenstadt.
A film about ordinary people during the Wende.