Berlin, Berlin, Berlin

Overview

The film presents three faces of Berlin as a visual puzzle: the old imperial and fascist Berlin; the newly reconstructed Berlin around Breitscheidplatz; and finally, Berlin as evoked by the elderly Adelheid Pickert, an opera singer of almost 90 who was famous as a Mahler interpreter around 1910. This third Berlin is that of a future European center freed from the weight of the past. Pickert's portrait — whose statements are described as "strangely brilliant" — creates a counterpoint to the atmosphere of Berlin in the summer of 1970.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1970

Original language

English

Countries

Germany

Production

Sender Freies Berlin

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded