DRAGAN WENDE – WEST BERLIN
by Lena Müller und Dragan von Petrovic
Germany/Serbia 2013 87 min. Serbo-Croatian-German-English original version with English subtitles
thu 21 nov 10:00 pm Murnau Filmtheater
Script: Lena Müller, Dragan von Petrovic, DoP: Vuk Maksimovič, Editor: Dragan von Petrovic, Production: HauptsacheBunt, Producer: Joana Vogdt, with: Dragan Wende, Vuk Maksimovič, Rolf Eden, Dule “The Crow”, Zlatko “The Baker”
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. A microcosm of underdogs and their survival strategies unfolds as a tragicomedy in a still-divided city.
“This ‘Balkan tragicomedy’ is a loving portrait full of black humour of a breed of men who will not be branded as losers by some accidental historic turn (…). There’s glamour in the smallest shack, and they have found their home in a community of bizarre survival artists, between Balkan songs and Kebab stands. Vuk was also accepted in the end (…). West Berlin is saved for now.” (Grit Lemke, Dok Leipzig)
Biography:
Lena Müller
Lena Müller has been working in documentary films since 2007: she developed, produced, directed and distributed documentaries all over the world. Though the name doesn't reveal it, she is half German and half Yugoslav. Grew up in Berlin and in Paris, she studied philosophy, political science and economics at Oxford University, worked for a human rights think-tank in Belgrade devising large-scale civil society projects, turned to acting theatre and film and to producing. She founded a theatre and film collective in Berlin, worked for documentary companies and gained her Master in Film Studies at King's College in London.
Dragan von Petrovic
Dragan grew up in Leskovac, South Serbia. He studied philosophy at the University of Belgrade and worked as a sports journalist for the TV station Studio B. He finished the AFC Film Directing School before enrolling in the Film Editing Department at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. He works as a freelance, film editor on creative documentaries and action feature fims, as well as an editing doctor on documentary films. He attended various film workshops including: Ex Oriente, Berlinale Talent Campus and Nipkow program.
Filmography (together): 2013 DRAGAN WENDE – WEST BERLIN
Awards (selection): Award for Best Documentary (Max-Ophüls-Preis, Saarbrücken/Germany 2013), Award for Best Documentary (Trieste Film Festival, Italy 2013), “Golden Palm Award” for Best Documentary (Mexico International Film Festival, Mexico City 2013)
www.von-muller-film.com
Contact:
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10997 Berlin
Germany
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