Germany / Oct 31, 2015
In 1987, the Leipzig Bowlingtreff opened, extraordinary, postmodern and unique in the GDR. The film portrays knowledgeably and lovingly the house and its special history.
1h 0min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
The “Bowlingtreff” is a bowling alley situated right in the centre of Leipzig opened in July 1987. At that time the quality of life in Leipzig and the whole GDR got worse. Houses collapsed because of poor conditions, public life and amusement was on a very low level. The “Bowlingtreff” was not merely an urban entertainment centre but a revolution in those days. Built with the help of hundreds of volunteers without permission of the state authorities in Berlin the building expresses a free and international architecture known as postmodernism. It is an architecture that was never seen before in Leipzig. Marble and parquet on the floor, a glass roof and beautiful pink pillars. The atmosphere was western as time witnesses remember it.
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Bowlingtreff |
| Original language | Deutsch (DE) |
| Spoken languages | English, Deutsch, Italiano |
| Production countries | Germany |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Beyer & Dorschner, MDR, NDR |
| Official site | beyerdorschner.de |
| Release date | 31 ottobre 2015 |
| Editing | Anna Baranowski, Colja Krugmann |
| Cinematography | Simone Friedel, Anna Baranowski, Adrian Dorschner, Thomas Krüger, Sebastian Höhn, René Heinrich |
| Assistant directors | Thomas Beyer, Adrian Dorschner |
| Camera operators | Thomas Krüger, Sebastian Höhn, René Heinrich |
| Additional photography | Thomas Krüger, Sebastian Höhn, René Heinrich |
| Special effects | Holger Beyer |
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