In his film "Heimatkunde" (The lasting formation), the director returns to the school building of his childhood. For almost 25 years it lay empty, seemingly waiting to be revived. The remains of socialist education are pasted over, hidden, forgotten. In tentative interviews with contemporary witnesses we are gradually coming nearer to the systematic manipulation of the child's mind. In this way, it becomes understandable how the dictatorship functioned and turned into the commonplace "that's just the way it is", which still exists today and thwarts any criticism of and debate about history. However, overcoming the German "duality" remains impossible without looking back and reappraising this form of education that generated the authoritarian mind.
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Directors: Christian Bäucker Writers: Producers: Christian Bäucker Key cast:
In his film "Heimatkunde" (The lasting formation), the director returns to the school building of his childhood. For almost 25 years it lay empty, seemingly waiting to be revived. The remains of socialist education are pasted over, hidden, forgotten. In tentative interviews with contemporary witnesses we are gradually coming nearer to the systematic manipulation of the child's mind. In this way, it becomes understandable how the dictatorship functioned and turned into the commonplace "that's just the way it is", which still exists today and thwarts any criticism of and debate about history. However, overcoming the German "duality" remains impossible without looking back and reappraising this form of education that generated the authoritarian mind.
Directors: Christian Bäucker Writers: Producers: Christian Bäucker Key cast:
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Student project: No Completion date: 2021-05-05 Shooting format: Digital XAVC-I 4K DCI Aspect ratio: 17:09 Film color: Color First-time filmmaker: Yes
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