Take a trip into political art history: the state-run East German film company Defa uses the experiences of Communist artists to promote the party line and educate young people on the sacrifices of the past. Some of the personal stories are incredible, and the art covered is indeed very impressive -- writers, illustrators, a cartoonist, a film director, an actor, a journalist. It's interesting to see what the films choose to emphasize and what they choose to ignore.
Arts in Exile: Nine East German Shorts on Artists Forced to Flee the Nazis DVD Defa Stiftung / Progress Film GmbH, Defa Film Library UMass Amherst / Icestorm / Goethe Institut 2015 / B&W & Color 1:33 flat full frame / 204 min. Kunst im Exil Street Date September, 2015 available through Defa Film Library / 39.95
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
I've been privileged to review many Defa Film Library disc releases of productions from East Germany, the German Democratic Republic. Until...
Arts in Exile: Nine East German Shorts on Artists Forced to Flee the Nazis DVD Defa Stiftung / Progress Film GmbH, Defa Film Library UMass Amherst / Icestorm / Goethe Institut 2015 / B&W & Color 1:33 flat full frame / 204 min. Kunst im Exil Street Date September, 2015 available through Defa Film Library / 39.95
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
I've been privileged to review many Defa Film Library disc releases of productions from East Germany, the German Democratic Republic. Until...
- 9/29/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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