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BROKEN - THE WOMEN'S
PRISON IN HOHENECK
by Volker Schlecht and Alexander Lahl

Germany 2016 7 min original version with English subtitles animation/documentary

Script: Alexander Lahl, Max Mönch, Animation: Volker Schlecht, Music: Hannes Schulze, Production: Die Kulturingenieure, Producers: Alexander Lahl, Max Mönch, with: former inmates of the women’s prison in Hoheneck/East Germany

Inmates from East Germany’s most notorious women’s prison talk about the lasting effects of their incarceration.

Biography: Volker Schlecht works as an illustrator and filmmaker in Berlin. He studied Communication Design at the University of Art and Design Halle. Currently he works as a professor of sequential illustration at the BTK University of Art and Design.

Alexander Lahl, born 1979 in Berlin (GDR), studied Cultural Sciences in Berlin, Wroclaw and Frankfurt/Oder. He works as a writer, filmmaker and producer.

Filmography (together): 2016 KAPUTT

Awards: Grand Prix (Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film, Germany 2016), Special Award of the Jury (Animafest Zagreb, Croatia 2016), Short Film Award (Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Schwerin, Germany 2016)

http://drushbapankow.de/Kaputt-Broken

Contact:
Volker Schlecht
Germany
schlecht@drushbapankow.de
www.drushbapankow.de

Kaputt / Broken – The Women’s Prison at Hoheneck (Trailer subtitled) from Drushba Pankow on Vimeo.