Miraculi
(Miraculi)
Miraculi © DEFA-Stiftung, Jörg Erkens
| Weiß, Ulrich |
| Weiß, Ulrich |
| Trampe, Tamara |
| Carow, Evelyn |
| Feindt, Johann |
| Geick, Eberhard |
| Paschkowski, Solvejg |
| Bergemann, Werner |
| Rabenalt, Peter |
| Burza, Eduard |
| Dittus, Barbara |
| Dommisch, Peter |
| Gregorek, Karin |
| Hartmann, Sebastian |
| Hennicke, André |
| Kockisch, Uwe |
| Krumbiegel, Ulrike |
| Lubosch, Ute |
| Manchen, Klaus |
| Minetti, Hans-Peter |
| Ranisch, Volker |
| Reichel, Käthe |
| Vogt, Katrin |
| Waligura, Kathrin |
Synopsis
A group of young people draws straws to see who’ll steal some cigarettes. With this theft, Sebastian (Volker Ranisch) starts a bizarre, symbolic odyssey through a sclerotic world, in search of himself and of truth and justice. When he tries withdrawing from one social paradigm, he finds himself caught in another.
This political-allegoric film is part of the series WENDE FLICKS: Last Films from East Germany.
Commentary
The fall of the Wall made it possible for director Ulrich Weiß (Your Unknown Brother) to finally make a film again. In this work he blends two long-cherished projects, one of which he had worked on for over ten years, but was refused by the East German film studio.
Miraculi also includes a cameo by the outstanding Brechtian actor Käthe Reichel, one of the co-organizers of the November 4, 1989, demonstration for freedom and democracy in East Berlin.
Awards
| 1992 |
Second Prize, Schwerin Film Art Festival |
| 1992 | Official Selection, Berlin International Film Festival |
Press comments
"Director Ulrich Weiß was the greatest talent to emerge from the Babelsberg film school in the 1970s."
—The Oxford History of World Cinema
“These images of a universal uncertainty represent the shattering of a familiar world. It is one of the most important and deepest films of the Wende period. But more than anything, it is the most mysterious one.”
— Erika Richter, film historian
“This quixotic movie is dominated by political allegory.”
— The New York Times
“Ulrich Weiß is an artist who stimulates thought, whose world consists of ideas and images and who, for this reason, has remained an underestimated outsider.”
— film-zeit.de
Availability
- Turn Subtitles On/Off
- Biographies & Filmographies
- Introductory Essay by Erika Richter
- Written Interview with Ulrich Weiß
- WENDE FLICKS Series Trailer
- About The Wende Museum
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