A trip to the beach isn’t what it appears, a birthday gone wrong, and two women struggling to overcome their past to move forward. All four of these films highlight the difficulties of overcoming political strife and terror to move forward toward a new life.
June 17th 1953, Frida’s 8th birthday, was to be a celebration, but instead tanks are rolling through the streets of East-Berlin. Frida and her mother are waiting for the birthday guests, but they won't come today. Nor does her father return from the demonstration, and Frida’s mother slowly begins to lose control. Outside, protests turn into a political revolt and the revolt is brutally crushed. The relationship between mother and child—the natural laws of responsibility and protection of the strong over the weak seems no longer to be in force.
- Runtime20 minutes
- LanguageGerman
- CountryGermany
- DirectorKatharina Rivilis
- ScreenwriterKatharina Rivilis, Samuel Chalela Puccini
- ProducerCecilia Trautvetter
- CastNinel Skrzypczyk, Katharina Rivilis, Jan Pohl, Nikolay Sidorenko
A trip to the beach isn’t what it appears, a birthday gone wrong, and two women struggling to overcome their past to move forward. All four of these films highlight the difficulties of overcoming political strife and terror to move forward toward a new life.
June 17th 1953, Frida’s 8th birthday, was to be a celebration, but instead tanks are rolling through the streets of East-Berlin. Frida and her mother are waiting for the birthday guests, but they won't come today. Nor does her father return from the demonstration, and Frida’s mother slowly begins to lose control. Outside, protests turn into a political revolt and the revolt is brutally crushed. The relationship between mother and child—the natural laws of responsibility and protection of the strong over the weak seems no longer to be in force.
- Runtime20 minutes
- LanguageGerman
- CountryGermany
- DirectorKatharina Rivilis
- ScreenwriterKatharina Rivilis, Samuel Chalela Puccini
- ProducerCecilia Trautvetter
- CastNinel Skrzypczyk, Katharina Rivilis, Jan Pohl, Nikolay Sidorenko