At noon on December 21st, 1989 the members of
Einstuerzende Neubauten a band then hailed as West-German cult export hit the road in West Berlin for their very first concert in East Berlin, (still-) capital of the GDR. And as yet, it is a long, unusual way from Berlin Kreuzberg to Berlin Lichtenberg, into the Wilhelm Pieck-Hall of the industrial plant VEB Elektrokohle. As yet there is the wall and as yet there are border controls.Â
Elektrokohle, directed by Uli M. Schueppel, serves as a perfect documentation for this almost historical musical event. Features
Blixa Bargeld, Alexander Hacke, F.M. Einheit, Mark Chung, Andrew Unruh, Juliane Behnfeldt, Heiner Müller, and
Jack Lang.
91 minutes. PAL encoding, Region 0. English and French subtitles. Released on Good Movies and available November 20th, 2009.
www.neubauten.org
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