The GDR television film tells the fate of Frank Schattmann and his family by alternating between different time levels. Based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by the writer, painter and Auschwitz survivor Peter Edel, it is characteristic of the GDR in its tension between ideological references and the personal story of a survivor.
This event will take place at the Jewish Museum Berlin on Sun, 18.06. 14:00:
Der "Schattmann" und die Darstellung jüdischer Erfahrung im Film der DDR. Filmmarathon und Buchpräsentation mit Lisa Schoß und Knut Elstermann
Venue:
W. M. Blumenthal Akademie
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1
10969 Berlin
Admission: 8 EUR / 5 EUR
Credits
original title Die Bilder Des Zeugen Schattmann
international title Die Bilder Des Zeugen Schattmann
german title W. M. Blumenthal Akademie
JFBB section Feature Film Competition
country/countries DDR
year 1972
duration 357 min