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Film of the Week: Dragan Wende - West Berlin

Dragan Wende - West Berlin delves into the world of an old pimp and king of the 1970s disco scene in a divided city. The film has its world premiere April 28 at Hot Docs.

 

The world premiere of Dragan Wende - West Berlin by Lena von Muller and Dragan Petrovic will be celebrated at Hot Docs, April 28. The film attended the 2009 Ex Oriente Film and East European Forum.

Screening Times @ Hot Docs:
Sat, Apr 28 9:00 PM, TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
Sun, Apr 29 4:14 PM, Cumberland 2

 

Dragan Wende – West Berlin

 
 
Production company: von.müller.film

Dragan Wende – West Berlin , Germany, Serbia, 2012, 75 min, Beta SP, Digi Beta, DVD, HD, Archive , Creative, History, Personal View, Portrait, Society

In this Balkan tragi-comedy set in West-Berlin, the young cameraman Vuk from Belgrade embarks on the trail of his uncle Dragan Wende who used to be the “working-class” king of West-Berlin’s 1970s hedonistic disco scene. Being Yugoslav, he also profited from the Berlin Wall. Today, Vuk’s uncle is an aged alcoholic and eccentric pimp who lives off social welfare and wants the Wall back. A microcosm of underdogs and their survival strategies opens up in this family tale about the Losers of Change in a still-divided city.
 

 

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