Germany / Jun 04, 2008
What Would the Drop Know About That? (2008)
Directed by Jan Zabeil
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12min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
A stylized short documentary about the Reichstag building and its foreign cleaning staff. They mop endless corridors, remove dust from lampshades and clean countless windows. In voice-over, they talk about their work and the significance of the building. For example, one man enthusiastically cleans a text embedded in the floor, explaining that some of the letters are more difficult to clean than others - but without understanding the meaning of the text. Set in the center of German democracy, the film takes a philosophical approach to questions of politics and migration.
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Was weiß der Tropfen davon |
| Original language | Deutsch (DE) |
| Spoken languages | Deutsch |
| Production countries | Germany |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen 'Konrad Wolf' |
| Release date | 4 giugno 2008 |
| Production | Holger Lochau |
| Writer | Jan Zabeil |
| Cinematography | Jan Zabeil, Kristof Kannegießer |
| Assistant directors | Jan Zabeil |
| Music | Uwe Bossenz |
| Sound | Uwe Bossenz |
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