Konzert im Freien
20011h 28min
History and art in Berlin's new center. Like a fossil, the Marx-Engels-Forum, a large, ambitious monument project of the GDR, adorns a central historical spot in the middle of Berlin. Boettcher's experimental documentary transforms footage he shot of the creation of this monument in the 1980s into new material. A story about the loss of a monument's meaning.
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History and art in Berlin's new center. Like a fossil, the Marx-Engels-Forum, a large, ambitious monument project of the GDR, adorns a central historical spot in the middle of Berlin. Boettcher's experimental documentary transforms footage he shot of the creation of this monument in the 1980s into new material. A story about the loss of a monument's meaning.