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Traces

1989 · 21 min

A quiet, mournful collage of recitation and archival traces that asks you to sit with loss and memory.

Directed by
Eduard Schreiber
Genres
Documentary
Overview
Martin Brandt (1903-1989), an unforgettable Jewish actor and former member of the Jewish Kulturbund Theater in Berlin, recites from Macbeth and Nathan the Wise, the play that opened the theater in October 1933. These last filmic images of Brandt are combined with historic footage and traces of the Jewish past in Berlin.
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Memory, identity, art, isolation
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
Eduard Schreiber
Genres
Documentary
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Places
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror2
    Humour0
    Realism9
    Romance0
    Tension3
    Darkness6
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight8

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Eduard Schreiber
    Written by
    Regine Kühn
    Starring
    André Hennicke, Martin Brandt
    Cinematography
    Andreas Bergmann
    Runtime
    21 min
    Country
    East Germany
    Languages
    German

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