The Block

Drama/Society, Germany 2007

The year is 2005. The location: Graefenhainichen. It is a small town in East Germany, close to Wittenberg where Martin Luther lived and taught 500 years ago. A street in Graefenhainichen: Poetenweg - Poet's Lane. A block of flats that contains 85 identical one-room apartments. Four tenants open their doors to the filmmakers: Two women and two men. Four generations; four different states of loss and loneliness. Outside, a graffito is scrawled onto the hallway wall: THE BLOCK. People here say this house is alive. THE BLOCK, a movie about four human beings, their lives and how life leaves them.
76 min
SD
Starting at 12
Audio language:
German

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Producer:

Stefan Kolbe

Editor:

Chris Wright

Original title:

Das Block

Original language:

German

Format:

16:9 SD, Color

Age rating:

Starting at 12

Audio language:

German