The Monument
(Monument)
GDR, 1989, 4 min, color
No dialogue
Das Monument © DEFA-Stiftung
Credits:
| Georgi, Klaus |
| Stützner, Lutz |
| Georgi, Klaus |
| Stützner, Lutz |
| Gehm, Hedda |
| (Maucksch) Uebe, Anita |
| Krahnert, Helmut |
Synopsis
A statue, with outstretched arm pointing “forward,” is unveiled to thunderous applause. Then one day it points the other way. Once again, thunderous applause!
Part of the 2005 MoMA film series Rebels with a Cause: The Cinema of East Germany.
This short film is available for purchase or streaming as part of the collection Animation Before Unification: 16 Shorts from East Germany.
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