Status and Terrain
Director Ute Adamczewski
Countries Germany
Duration 119 min
Synopsis
Images of streets, houses, castles and fortresses in Saxony contrast with bureaucratic correspondence, diary entries, literary fragments, all narrated in voice-over. Initially, they date from 1933, and the main topic is the search for, and later the organisation of, ‘protective custody’ and concentration camps, the suppression and resistance of political opposition, and traumatic experiences. Gradually, new layers of time are added—1945, 1977, 1990, 2011.
Images of streets, houses, castles and fortresses in Saxony contrast with bureaucratic correspondence, diary entries, literary fragments, all narrated in voice-over. Initially, they date from 1933, and the main topic is the search for, and later the organisation of, ‘protective custody’ and concentration camps, the suppression and resistance of political opposition, and traumatic experiences. Gradually, new layers of time are added—1945, 1977, 1990, 2011.