Ein Feigenblatt für Kuhle Wampe

A detailed reconstruction of the censorship case against the landmark Weimarera communist film Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World 1932 Directed by Slatan Dudow the crew and cast included leftwing luminaries such as playwright Bertolt Brecht composer Hanns Eisler and balladeer Ernst Busch The film was the subject of vehement disputes and was banned twice for revolutionary and communist tendencies that were perceived to threaten the state About 230 meters of the original film fell victim to the censors shears This historic censorship case was argued over the course of three sessions Censored Kuhle Wampe reenacts the censorship hearings based on original minutes and documents as well as personal records of the case In addition to footage from the original film this docudrama includes original clips of Berlin in the 1920s and 30s and short testimonies filmed in the 1970s with some of the actors involved in the original Kuhle Wampe film production