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@kaputt-broken
An animated documentary shortfilm about Hoheneck, the main prison for women in former East Germany.
Based on interviews with former prisoners, this animated documentary provides a glimpse into the most notorious women’s prison in East Germany. A film about political imprisonment, forced labour, and enormous profits on both sides of the Iron Curtain.
Through interviews with two former prisoners, Birgit Willschütz and Gabriele Stötzer, viewers are introduced to one of Europe’s most notorious labor camp for women in this Sundance award winning animation. Hoheneck, the Communist East German mid-century hellhole is the ‘home’ for forcibly detained women who’ve committed political crimes against the the state, said crimes can range from participating in a public demonstrations to acknowledging a desire to travel. Although the filmmaking duo, Alexander Lahl and Volker Schlecht were aesthetically inspired by South African artist William Kentridge, their primary source of influence was from the three hours of audio recording interviews with the two women themselves. The brilliant deployment of animation as a tool to document the women’s dire living situation whilst in captivity showcase a humane account of the incredibly inhumane living conditions for Hoheneck’s unfortunate inhabitants and what the prison meant to them some 60 years later. - Rooney Elmi
We are happy to be exhibited online at the 4:3 platform now. 4:3 by Boiler Room is a multifaceted genre-spanning platform for curated and commissioned underground film exploring themes of performance, identity, youth culture and anti-establishment.
Volker Schlecht & Alexandra Kardinar alias Drushba Pankow: http://drushbapankow.de/ https://vimeo.com/drushbapankow Drushba Pankow hat hier studiert: Kunsthochschule Halle - Burg Giebichenstein http
A very kind 80 minutes interview by animation filmmaker Robert Loebel with Volker Schlecht about his work, his studio and his films, in German language
Thousands of female political prisoners were tortured and forced to perform labor at the Women’s Prison at Hoheneck.
The film is now part of a selection of shorts on the website of The Atlantic and can be watched online there as well.
Museum of Modern Art New York, Doc Fortnight 2017 program including Kaputt
Thousands of women were held as political prisoners in Communist East Germany. Two of them tell their story in this animated film.
You can watch the whole film at the New York Times Op-Docs pages now, accompanied by an introductory note of the authors Max Moench and Alexander Lahl. Link to the stream
P'tits Dej du court / Shorts & Breakfast Volker SCHLECHT, Alexander LAHL Kaputt Allemagne
Talk between Marcel Jean, director of the Annecy Festival, and Volker Schlecht at the Shorts & Breakfast sessions during the Annecy festival of animated film 2016
Gallery screenings and exhibitions
James Hockney Gallery Exhibition Illustration and Documentary Materialism October 16 2017 – January 10 2018, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, Surrey. MoMA New York – Doc Fortnight 2017 February 17 – 19. Bundeskunsthalle Bonn Shortfilm Night on the roof September 2 2016. Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien Exhibition Ende vom Lied Berlin, July 15 – September 18 2016. Film Forum Cinema New York City March 29 – April 11 2017. Vita Kuben (White Cube) Gallery at the opera house in Umeå (Sweden) – November 22 – December 16 2017. Toronto International Film Festival TIFF Bell Lightbox – Social Justice programme – August 8 2017. Torhaus Memorial Center Gera – February 16 2017. Window Display of Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin – Phantom Horizons May 8 – 23 2018. Housing Complexes Denver Film Society – September 20 2018. Abberations Galerie Irrgang Berlin – December 8 2018. Phantom Horizons Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart – 2019
Kaputt/Broken (on the left side) as part of the exhibition “Ende vom Lied” at Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin. July–September 2016. Curated by Christoph Tannert. http://www.bethanien.de/en/exhibitions/ende-vom-lied/
Photographs © David Brandt, Dresden
We had insane amounts of hair loss and sleeplessness. It came all at once. All of a sudden you didn’t function anymore. Not even the most normal thing. Still © Volker Schlecht 2016
After the World Premiere Screening at Berlinale Shorts, sitting from the left: Max Moench, Alexander Lahl and Volker Schlecht (first picture). Standing from left to right: Hannes Schulze, Alexander Lahl, Volker Schlecht, Gabriele Stoetzer, Max Moench (second picture). On stage from left to right: Maike Mia Hoehne, head and curator of Berlinale Shorts program, Gabriele Stoetzer, Birgit Willschuetz, Max Moench, Volker Schlecht, Alexander Lahl, Hannes Schulze (third picture). Photographs © Heinrich Voelkel 2016
Remaining rests of Hoheneck prison, Stollberg (Saxony). Photographs © Volker Schlecht 2015
The animation is classically drawn frame by frame. After scanning one step, the drawing was erased, changed or completely redrawn at the same sheet of paper. Drawings © Volker Schlecht 2015
Synopsis
Gabriele Stoetzer and Birgit Willschuetz were political inmates at Hoheneck Castle, the most notorious women’s prison in East Germany. Their story is one of overcrowded cells, despotic hierarchies, ruthless everydays, and the enduring effects of incarceration. Most of all, however, it is about the crushing pressure of forced labour. Prisoners at Hoheneck manufactured millions of pantyhose, bed sheets, and other products for West German retailers, bringing enormous profits to both sides of the Iron Curtain. Part of the young animadoc tradition, the seven-minute film pairs original audio interview extracts with abstract, monochrome drawn animation.
A powerful document on both the strength and cruelty of human nature. It’s raw and haunting images perfectly unfold a part of history that we shouldn’t forget. Rocio Ayuso, Cav Bøgelund, Špela Cadež, Jalal Maghout, Till Penzek – the jury of the Stuttgart International Animation Festival
A film that combines powerful testimonies and organic imagery to create a strong relation with the viewer. It shows us, in a unique way, a reality which was hidden for many years, but is still alive and present in many societies around the world. Cecilia Traslaviña, jury member at Animafest Zagreb