In Transition: Report on a Hope

(Im Übergang – Protokoll einer Hoffnung)

Germany, 1991, 82 min, color/b&w
In German; English subtitles
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Synopsis

Starting in early 1990, Alexander works for the Action Reconciliation Service for Peace as an alternative to compulsory military service.  As he and his friends watch the political and social situation evolve, the ideas and hopes they had for their country unravel. Alexander discusses his feelings and experiences over the course of the year—including voting in the first and only free East German elections, spending time in West Berlin and the U.S., and German unification and its aftermath.

 

 

Awards

2021 2021 DOK Leipzig, Germany

 

Press comments

“A long-term observation, in which daily developments in changing political relations are excitingly mirrored.”   —Margit Voss, Berliner Zeitung

 

“This is an enticing document of a period in which hopes for the future turned into reality, but also lost a lot of their utopian power.”   —filmdienst.de

 

Availability

DVD Bonus Features:

New digitally-restored transfer

Biography & Filmography of Kurt Tetzlaff

Written Interview with Kurt Tetzlaff

Alexander Schulz Talks about Making the Documentaries (Germany, 2020, dir. Nadine Fuhrlop, EN ST)

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