I Was, I Am, I Shall Be
(Ich war, ich bin, ich werde sein)
Ich war, ich bin, ich werde sein © DEFA-Stiftung
| Heynowski, Walter |
| Scheumann, Gerhard |
| Heynowski, Walter |
| Scheumann, Gerhard |
| Radke, Ilse |
| Donth, Horst |
| Goldner, Winfried |
| Hellmich, Peter |
| Ortega, Sergio |
| Aparcoa |
| Heinz, Wolfgang |
| Scheumann, Gerhard |
| Studio H&S |
Synopsis
In spring 1974, a Studio H&S camera team manages to film in Chile. With a permit from the Junta’s Chancellery, they enter two large prison camps in the northern provinces of Chacabuco and Pisagua and interview inmates. All recordings used in this documentary were filmed under military observation.
Commentary
Walter Heynowski (1927-) and Gerhard Scheumann (1930-1998) were prominent East German documentary filmmakers. Granted their own studio, H&S, they filmed 43 documentaries on world revolutionary movements between 1969 and 1989. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Heynowski and Scheumann have been criticized for excessively fanatical adherence to party doctrine, as well as the inclusion of false information and unethical behavior in their documentaries.
Awards
| 1974 | Special Jury Prize, Leipzig Documentary and Short Film Week |
| 1974 | Jury Prize, Grenoble International Documentary Film Festival |
| 1974 | Silver Sestertius, Nyon International Documentary Film Festival |
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