The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines describing steadilyrising unemployment figures. A workingclass family in berlin in 1931 where survival is difficult, with massive unemployment in the wake of the great depression. A polemical leftwing treatment of weimar labor politics, this. With hertha thiele, ernst busch, martha wolter, adolf fischer. An seiner erstellung wirkte unter anderem bertolt brecht mit. The workingclass family lives in berlin and is six months behind on the rent. During great depression, a family is evicted from their apartment and. With erwin geschonneck, kurt bowe, wolfgang greese, jurgen holtz. Kuhle wampe is a 1932 german feature film about unemployment, homelessness and left wing.
Hanns eisler was here getting started on his distinguished career as a film componist. Defa film library praesensfilm prometheus film firm. The family finds a new home in the kuhle wampe campsite by berlins mueggelsee lake, celebrates a noisy wedding, and sceptically awaits the new addition to. Es ist eine mischung aus spiel, dokumentarund propagandafilm, angereichert mit elementen eines musikfilms. This is followed by scenes of a young man looking for work in the city and the family discussing the unpaid back rent. Event in frankfurt, germany by schirn kunsthalle frankfurt on wednesday, february 7 2018 with 286 people interested. Hertha thiele, ernst busch, martha wolter, erwin geschonneck, gerhard bienert, 76 35mm sa. After annis brother commits suicide in despair, her family finds itself forced to move to kuhle wampe, a lakeside camp on the outskirts of berlin, now home to increasing numbers of unemployed. Kuhle wampe signifies cool belly, but in berlin dialect it means empty belly. Kuhle wampe is regarded a classic of proletarian film from the weimar period. Boenicke and his 18yearold son franz have both been unemployed for a long time. Marta carlson at the hairdressers with brecht and dudow, from a 1981 interview by film historian ralf schenk on kuhle wampe, an essay by film scholar marc silberman the second life of kuhle wampe, by wolfgang klaue.