THE GDR COMPLEX

by Jochen Hick
  • 2016 GALERIA ALASKA PRODUCTIONS
  • 2016 GALERIA ALASKA PRODUCTIONS

    Synopsis

    Being gay, young and conservative, Mario Röllig is one of the most in-demand witnesses to the atrocities committed by the GDR. He guides groups through today’s memorial site in the former Stasi prison where he was once incarcerated. Röllig confronts GDR aficionados and is also confronted by people who still believe in social utopias and who also talk about freedom (without ever mentioning the GDR).
    The film unveils a strange atmosphere of misunderstandings and failures to communicate. Mario still awaits an apology from his tormentors while simultaneously being ridiculed by some hardliners.
    The process of coming to terms with the past has just begun.

    Festivals

    66th Berlinale / Panorama 2016 Worldpremiere

    Cast and Crew

    Director

    Jochen Hick

    Sound

    Timo Kahlenberg, Jeanine Strehle, Andreas Strohfeldt

    Editor

    Thomas Keller

    DoP

    Nicolai Zörn, Jochen Hick, Thomas Schrader (Zusatzkamera)