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Unsere bösen Kinder

1993 · 83 min

A raw, intimate documentary that immerses you in the harsh realities of street children, leaving a lingering sense of sorrow and urgency.

Directed by
Karl Heinz Lotz
Genres
Documentary
Overview
A film about five street children; children who have had to grow up too soon. The footage was shot at Christmas 1992, in Berlin. Claudia, 13, wants to show her mother "that kids can do what they want". 13-year-old Danny thinks Germany’s lousy, having lived on the streets for two years. His mother doesn’t try to contact him any more. Jonas, 13, is convinced that a bright future lies ahead of him. He shifts between his parents’ house and the streets, but feels most at home in a street riot. 13-year-old Daniela doesn’t want to leave home, despite suffering at the violent hands of her father. We meet her in a women’s refuge centre. David, 13, shows the director, his father, first-hand what street children go through and the pain they inflict upon their parents.

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Directed by
Karl Heinz Lotz
Genres
Documentary
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • family
  • survival
  • coming-of-age
  • trauma
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism10
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Karl Heinz Lotz
Written by
Karl Heinz Lotz, Egbert Lipowski
Cinematography
Jürgen Hoffmann
Runtime
83 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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