1991 -1992
WAR´S END
КОНЕЦ ВОЙНЫ
90 min, 35mm, 4K digitization
Director/Producer: Viola Stephan
Cinematography: Pavel Lebeshev
Opening at Delphi Filmpalast:
Kantstraße 12A • Berlin-Charlottenburg
Zeughauskino Screening:
Hinter dem Gießhaus 3 • Berlin-MitteTUE 21.10. at 7 pm
1992 93 min Ger/Rus - German subs
In cooperation with the Stadtmuseum Berlin, the series opens on 14.10. at the Delphi Filmpalast as part of HEUTE NOCH MORGEN SCHON – Filmische Perspektiven auf Berlin um 1990. At the Nikolaikirche, KRIEGSENDE (excerpts) is presented as an installation alongside other films.
In the 1920s, Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdiayev described Berlin as both the westernmost city of the East and the easternmost city of the West. Historically the first stop for Russians heading westward, Berlin has long been a city of passage: open, restless, and home to outsiders. After the Cold War, Russian voices again resonate in the streets, as if the East had shifted closer.
War’s End explores how Berlin copes with changing historical conditions after the fall of the Wall—the third such aftermath of war in the 20th century. The film portrays those arriving, those settling, and those leaving, tracing disruptions in a scarred city.
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Shot between October 1991 and March 1992, the film spans Berlin’s eastern and western districts, Potsdam’s Soviet garrison, the Wünsdorf–Brest military train, and borderlands at Brest and Kienitz. With Russian and German perspectives, it investigates the layered presence of Russians in Berlin—soldiers, emigrants, and refugees.
© Wolfgang Widmer
Shot between October 1991 and March 1992, the film spans Berlin’s eastern and western districts, Potsdam’s Soviet garrison, the Wünsdorf–Brest military train, and borderlands at Brest and Kienitz. With Russian and German perspectives, it investigates the layered presence of Russians in Berlin—soldiers, emigrants, and refugees.