SHORT CIRCUIT

Title:
SHORT CIRCUIT, Episode from NEUES DEUTSCHLAND
Country:
Deutschland 1993
Format:
35mm, 17 MIn.
Version:
Deutsche Fassung
Director:
Gerd Kroske
Camera:
Sebastian Richter
Editing:
Inge Marszallek
Editor:
Gebhard Henke
Production:
Dokfilmgesellschaft für Film-Video und TVproduktionen mbH
Cast:
Daniel Graf, Steffen Schult, Helmut Kohl
Co-Production:
Colon Film Köln & WDR
Distributor:
Filmverlag der Autoren

A semi-documentary parable about the insanity of the masses in times of crisis.

Leipzig, East Germany, the Spring of 1990: In front of the Leipzig opera house, people chant, “Helmut, Helmut,” in order to demand a new future from the West German Chancellor, Helmut Kohl. Some in the crowd even “short-circuit”. 
                         Three years later, it feels like a hangover in front of the building, where Helmut Kohl holds a speech:                                                “We can cut off their power, but we can’t stop the people from thinking!”

Presse: