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Alles andere zeigt die Zeit (2015)

95 min · Documentation

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Directors

Andreas Voigt

Twenty-five years after German reunification, a director revisits three people from earlier films to see how their lives have changed.

The story

Twenty-five years after the end of the GDR and reunification, a director visits three protagonists from earlier films to learn what has become of them. Scenes from those earlier films are placed alongside the subjects’ present-day lives. Isabel, formerly part of the Gothic scene and without hope, is now an insolvency administrator in Stuttgart. Jenny, the daughter of journalist Renate, begins investigating her family’s tragic history after her mother’s suicide. Sven, once beginning a career in the Bundeswehr, is now unemployed.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

25 years after the end of the GDR and reunification, the director visits three of the protagonists from the earlier films to see what has become of them. Scenes from the old films are repeatedly set alongside their present-day lives. “Isabel,” who was part of the Gothic scene back then and had no hope, is now an insolvency administrator in Stuttgart. “Jenny,” the daughter of journalist “Renate,” sets out to uncover her family’s tragic history after her mother’s suicide. “Sven,” who was then at the start of a career in the Bundeswehr, gets by as an unemployed man.

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Documentation

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