Die Architekten

Die Architekten (English: The Architects) is an East German film directed by Peter Kahane. It was released in 1990.

Plot[edit]

Daniel Brenner is an architect in his late thirties. Despite a top university degree, he has to spend his professional life with bus shelters and telephone booths. Then he receives the appealing commission to design a cultural center for a satellite town. Brenner accepts under the condition that he will be allowed to select his own team. Their plan to create a non-conventional construction fails. His wife and their common daughter leave the country for West Germany. Broken and disillusioned, Brenner collapses in front of the project's inauguration tribune.

Cast[edit]

Music[edit]

The music was written by Tamas Kahane. The film's songs counterpoint its images: Unsere Heimat is added to scenes of urban canyons, the Berlin Wall, industrial complexes and prefabricated housing developments. The protagonist collapses to the tunes of Handel's Messiah.

Reception[edit]

With less than 6,000 tickets sold, the film received scant attention at the time of release. In retrospect it is considered a significant cineastic contribution to the country's time of transition.^{[citation needed]}

References[edit]

• The Architects at IMDb
• Oehmig, Richard (16 November 2009). 'Überholt' von der Geschichte? Drei DEFA-Spielfilme im Blickpunkt. ISBN 978-3-640-47262-8.

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