Prior to the completion of German reunification the Berlin Wall had already fallen, taking with it the border installations, watch towers and the order to shoot-on-sight. Everyone was now free to enter and explore the so-called “death-strip” (located between the inner and outer walls), which proved to be one of the first impulses of freedom for many. Bärbel Dudeck joined their ranks with her Super 8 camera, a natural reflex for an amateur filmmaker. There was, however, no avoiding a troublesome glance towards the future. KF
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Bärbel Dudeck
Bärbel Dudeck
Bärbel Dudeck
Elke Schulz
Bärbel Dudeck
Talstraße 10
18055 Rostock
Germany
Tel.: +49.381.44.18 61
b_dudeck41@arcor.de
Bärbel Dudeck - born 1941 in Halle (Saale), Germany. A trained art teacher, she joined the amateur film studio WBK Berlin in 1976. In 1981, she moved to Rostock, where she became a member of the district film studio Rostock, today called Hanse Film. Since 1990 she has been chairwoman of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania’s branch of the Federal Association of German Film Authors.
ROSTOCKER SOMMER (1991, short)
STRANDGUT (1992, short)
DIE WUNDERSAME REISE DER BÄRBEL D (1993, short)
SIGNALE AUS MECKLENBURG VORPOMMERN (1996, short)
DIE EINLADUNG (2002, short)
3 IN EINEM BOOT (2007, short)
EHRENBÖLLER (2015, short)