Dragan Wende / West Berlin Director: Lena Müller, Dragan von Petrovic Germany/Serbia, 2013, Colour, 87 min Producer: Lena Müller Cinematography: Vuk Maksimović Sound. Vladimir Uspenski, Miloš Drndarević, Vladimir Živković Editing: Dragan von Petrovic Category: Balkan Dox A bordello doorman in West-Berlin wants the Wall and his past back. The Yugoslav immigrant Dragan Wende used to be the street king of West-Berlin’s 1970s hedonistic disco scene. Along with his friends, he roamed the nightclubs on both sides of the Wall – his pockets full of Western money. But when the Wall fell, everything changed. Dragan has not set foot in East Berlin for the past 20 years and has no intention to do so. A microcosm of underdogs and their survival strategies unfolds as a tragicomedy in a still-divided city. A crazy piece of world history told from the kitchen of an eccentric and washed-up bordello doorman. A moving piece of family history, told in the historical dimension of the Cold War. A loving portrait full of (black) humor, stunning archives and music: moving, educational and entertaining. El inmigrante yugoeslavo Dragan Wende solía ser el rey de la calle en el escenario hedonista disco de los años setenta en Berlín Occidental. Recorría los centros nocturnos en ambos lados del Muro, con sus bolsillos llenos de dinero occidental. Pero cuando el Muro cayó, todo cambió. Dragan no ha regresado a Berlín Oriental en los últimos 20 años y no piensa hacerlo. Un microcosmos de desvalidos y sus estrategias de sobrevivencia se desenvuelven como tragicomedia en esta ciudad aún dividida. DOKU FEST, International Documentary and short Film Festival, Prizren Kosova, 2013 FIC MONTERREY, 9 Festival Internacional de Cine de Monterrey, 2013
Posted on: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 17:20:42 +0000