GDR Photo Shoot: Propaganda and Daily Life
2024•6.5•Released
Documentary
Life in the GDR was not only documented on behalf of the state, but also by photographic artists and journalists. The documentary goes on a journey through time with some of them and shows little-known aspects of the GDR from its foundation to the fall of the Wall. Photographers in the GDR had a surprising amount of freedom; there was no explicit censorship of images. This allowed them to make visible what the state wanted to hide. This documentary presents two photographers who observed life in the GDR and whose work has been rediscovered in recent years.
Director
Daniel Guthmann
Writer
Daniel Guthmann, Joachim Palutzki
Languages
German
Studio
Florianfilm
Cast
Eberhard Klöppel
Dietmar Riemann
Barbara Wolff
Christiane Eisler
Production
Company
Florianfilm
Company
ZDF
Company
ARTE
Producer
Markus Augé
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