Section: Retrospective

FLAMMEN

FLAMES

Konrad Weiß
Germany, 1967, 13 Min
Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen "Konrad Wolf"

During the Nazi era flames were used to burn books, homes and people. Flames were a response to resistance. With the help of source documents from the time Weiss sketches a character portrait of German fascism.

Filmformat
BetaDi | s/w / b/w
Drehbuch
Konrad Weiß
Schnitt
Monika Schäfer
Produzent
Fritz Boetzel
Produktion
HFF
Kontakt
Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen "Konrad Wolf"
Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
14482 Potsdam-Babelsberg
Germany
Tel: +49.331.620 25 64
Fax: +49.331.620 25 69
distribution@hff-potsdam.de

Konrad Weiß - born 1942 in Lauban (now Poland). Studied photography and directing at the HFF from 1966 to 1969. Later worked as a documentary film director for the DEFA studio until 1990.

Movies
GLÜHBIRNEN WACHSEN NICHT AM BAUM (1978, short, doc)
DAWIDS TAGEBUCH (1980, short, doc)
ERSTE LIEBE (1985, doc)
SCHATTEN (1987, short, doc)