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The Block (2007) [N/A]

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Featuring:
Olga Anaeva, Silvio Pforte, Natalya Tscherkaskaya

Written by:
Stefan Kolbe
Chris Wright

Directed by:
Stefan Kolbe, Chris Wright


Release Date:
October 12, 2007

Original Title:
Das Block

Production Companies:
3sat
ARTE France Cinéma
ZDF
ma.ja.de. FilmProduktions

Production Countries:
Germany

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 75

Overview from TheMovieDB

THE BLOCK introduces us to four sad figures living in a run-down East German prefab building: Hans-Joachim dreams of his great love. Silvio shoots out the lamps in former Soviet barracks. Olga wants to return to bombed-out Grozny; being alone is worse than war. Natalya cleanses her body with nettles and snow. The camera captures them in their cramped one-room apartments in extreme close-up, showing the pores of their skin and dandruff. Even in delicate moments, it does not keep its distance. In this way, we closely experience their precarious situation on the margins of society.

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Overview from Open Movies

Gräfenhainichen, a little town in the East German. A microcosm in which a story about loneliness, a story of crime and punishment. A quest, then, for some sort of home, on the outer margins of German society. Amid all this: THE BLOCK.

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The Block (2007) on IMDb

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Production

Director:
Chris Wright
Stefan Kolbe

Director of Photography:
Stefan Kolbe

Editor:
Chris Wright

Music:
Chris Wright

Producer:
Stefan Kolbe

Writer:
Chris Wright
Stefan Kolbe

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