Novalis: The Blue Flower (Novalis – Die blaue Blume) is recognized as the last film to be released by DEFA before the East German film production company closed its doors. The film is told episodically as the poet Novalis is lying on his deathbed. It’s a kaleidoscopic look at events in the poet’s life, up …
Tag: Herwig Kipping
The Land Beyond the Rainbow
After the Wall came down and West Germany, for all intents and purposes, took over East Germany, there followed the inevitable retrospection. What the hell happened? How did we get from there to here? There were plenty of people who still believed in socialism and thought it could lead to a better world than unbridled …
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