Short film
Licht für Palermo
1961 · 15 min
A sober, quietly angry short documentary that contrasts sunny tourist postcards with the cramped poverty hiding just behind them.
- Directed by
- Karl Gass
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Gerry Wolff
- Overview
- Palermo, pearl of the Mediterranean, is one of the most popular holiday resorts for European and American tourists. What they do not see, however, are the narrow lanes in the city centre, where thousands upon thousands crowd together in damp and dark holes. The fate of the children is especially moving. Only half of the children in Palermo go to school. Their life is nothing but work and misery. But when they grow up, unemployment awaits them.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Class, politics, isolation
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Karl Gass
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Gerry Wolff
