The Berlin Wall fell. The play went on. Art outlived ideology.
From August 1989 to March 1990, Heiner Müller and the Deutsches Theater ensemble develop “Hamlet/Maschine” amid East Germany’s peaceful uprising. Actors help organize the November 4, 1989 Alexanderplatz demonstration. After the wall falls, artists split between a “third way” and reunification.
Direction
Rüter captures history without narration, pure observed chaos.
Acting
Ulrich Mühe and ensemble performing revolution while living it.
Production
Alexanderplatz demonstration footage: documentary gold.
Director
Christoph Rüter
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