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Censored: Kuhle Wampe

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A detailed reconstruction of the censorship case against the landmark Weimar-era communist film, Kuhle Wampe, or Who Owns the World? (1932). Directed by Slatan Dudow, the crew and cast included left-wing luminaries, such as playwright Bertolt Brecht, composer Hanns Eisler and balladeer Ernst Busch. The film was the subject of vehement disputes and was banned twice for revolutionary and communist tendencies that were perceived to threaten the state. About 230 meters of the original film fell victim to the censor’s shears. This historic censorship case was argued over the course of three sessions. Censored: Kuhle Wampe re-enacts the censorship hearings, based on original minutes and documents, as well as personal records of the case. In addition to footage from the original film, this docudrama includes original clips of Berlin in the 1920s and '30s and short testimonies, filmed in the 1970s, with some of the actors involved in the original Kuhle Wampe film production.

Directed byChrista Mühl, Werner Hecht

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 3m
Language
DE
Released
May 2, 1975
Studios
DEFA-Studio für SpielfilmeFernsehen der DDR

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Erwin Geschonneck

Erwin Geschonneck

Kurt Böwe

Kurt Böwe

Wolfgang Greese

Wolfgang Greese

Jürgen Holtz

Jürgen Holtz

Peter Kalisch

Erika Pelikowsky

Erika Pelikowsky

Wolfgang Lohse

Erik S. Klein

Erik S. Klein

Adolf Peter Hoffmann

Margit Schaumäker

Creative team
Directed by
Christa Mühl
Werner Hecht
Written by
Werner Hecht
Christa Mühl

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