Die Architekten

Die Architekten
Directed by Peter Kahane
Produced by Herbert Ehler
Screenplay by Thomas Knauf
Peter Kahane
Music by Tamas Kahane
Cinematography Andreas Köfer
Edited by Ilse Peters
Release dates
  • 1990 (1990)
Running time
107 minutes
Country East Germany
Language German

Die Architekten (The Architects) is an East German film directed by Peter Kahane. It was released in 1990.

Plot

Daniel Brenner is an architect in his late thirties. Despite a top university degree, he has to spend his professional life with bus shelters and telephone booths. Then he receives the appealing commission to design a cultural center for a satellite town. Brenner accepts under the condition that he will be allowed to select his own team. Their plan to create a non-conventional construction fails. His wife and their common daughter leave the country for West Germany. Broken and desillusioned, Brenner collapses in front of the project’s inauguration tribune.

Cast

Music

The music was written by Tamas Kahane. The film's songs counterpoint its images: Unsere Heimat is added to scenes of urban canyons, the Berlin Wall, industrial complexes and prefabricated housing developments. The protagonist collapses to the tunes of Handel's Messiah.

Reception

With less than 6,000 tickets sold, the film received scant attention at the time of release. In retrospect it is considered a significant cineastic contribution to the country's time of transition

References

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