Berlin Prenzlauer Berg

The Prenzlauer Berg district in the former East Berlin was a particularly intense example of the short summer of anarchy on the heels of the fall of the Wall This merry teary swan song is a pastiche of dancing seniors revelling bohemians transvestites from the West and Balkan musicians On a more serious note we hear from women in positions of responsibility workers at a staterun textile factory as well as the owner of a clothing store fear for their financial future while the lady boss at Konnopkes snack bar eagerly accepts her first payment in West German marks