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Die Prüfung

1972 · 19 min

A quiet, observational look at nervous teenagers facing a decisive moment, patient and plain, with small human detail carrying the weight.

Directed by: Winfried Junge
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Dieter Mann

Overview: The final exam of sixteen and seventeen year olds at the end of the 10th grade. The individual in the minutes in which he is supposed to show what he can do and who he is. A last class party before the community ends and one goes apart.

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Directed by: Winfried Junge
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Dieter Mann

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Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: education
coming-of-age
identity
class
Places: school
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Humour	1
Realism	10
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Tension	4
Darkness	2
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Winfried Junge
Written by: Winfried Junge
Starring: Dieter Mann
Cinematography: Hans-Eberhard Leupold
Runtime: 19 min
Country: East Germany
Languages: German

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