Die neue Wohnung. Version Atelier Richter was made a year after the SWB version, for screenings in Germany that began in January 1932. This version, of similar length, is a complete re-edit, in which there is no mention of SWB, but there are new intertitles and previously unseen shots were added. It emphasizes the social dimension of modern housing, accessible to all workers. S...
This documentary shows how the Berliner workers lived in 1930. The director Slatan Dudow shows through images: a) the workers leaving the factory; b) the raise of the rents; c) the "unpleasant" guest, meaning the justice officer that brings the eviction notice; d) the fight of classes of the houses of capitalists and working classes; e) the parks of the working class; f) the ho...
A ship leaves the port of Ostend, the nets are cast, but when it enters French territorial waters it is inspected by the coast guards. The images and shots play on proximity, bringing together the fishermen’s faces, the ropes, the sea, the flash of the fish, and the baskets full of the sea’s bounty.
A woman arrives terribly late for a date with her husband in a small café. He has given up, so – as bad luck would have it – the two pass each other in the revolving door. When they do actually meet up, she has a lovely surprise for her husband … Structured like a theatrical sketch, this comical commercial for a Dortmund fashion boutique uses puns and situation comedy to docume...
A bored sultan threatens to chop off his jester's head unless the jester and his performers can entertain him.
