This film strikes a real chord with me in 2010; like Weimar-era Germans we are suffering from a terrible recession, and like them (but unlike this film) we have a vague sense that something terrible is about to happen.
Interestingly there's no mention of the Nazis in this film, even though they were very much a presence in Germany in 1932. Hitler was getting well into his stride in that year and there were huge street battles between Nazis and "Sozis" yet they are conspicuous by their absence in this film.
All in all Kuhle Wampe gives the impression of a society that's entirely unaware of the nightmare that's about to begin. They're so damn downtrodden yet optimistic, but if half the people who were in this film knew what was about to befall them they'd probably kill themselves too. Hell, even when the Communists got their shot at running things in the DDR after WW2 the result was a police state. Those poor sods.
I really hope we can keep things more civilised this time round.
PS. Look out for the cu-tie in the Kraftwerk outfit - a young lady in a skirt, shirt and tie ensemble - she is totally HOT.
Interestingly there's no mention of the Nazis in this film, even though they were very much a presence in Germany in 1932. Hitler was getting well into his stride in that year and there were huge street battles between Nazis and "Sozis" yet they are conspicuous by their absence in this film.
All in all Kuhle Wampe gives the impression of a society that's entirely unaware of the nightmare that's about to begin. They're so damn downtrodden yet optimistic, but if half the people who were in this film knew what was about to befall them they'd probably kill themselves too. Hell, even when the Communists got their shot at running things in the DDR after WW2 the result was a police state. Those poor sods.
I really hope we can keep things more civilised this time round.
PS. Look out for the cu-tie in the Kraftwerk outfit - a young lady in a skirt, shirt and tie ensemble - she is totally HOT.