{"product_id":"kuhle-wampe-dual-format","title":"KUHLE WAMPE [DUAL FORMAT] - BLU-RAY","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eKuhle Wampe (DVD + Blu-ray)\u003cbr\u003eDirected by Slatan Dudow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the height of the Depression, Anni (Herta Thiele, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMädchen in Uniform\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and her family are evicted from their Berlin apartment and forced to move in with her boyfriend, Fritz, at Kuhle Wampe, a lakeside camp on the outskirts of Berlin that now accommodates the ever-growing numbers of the dispossessed.\u003cbr\u003eOften described as the only communist film to come out of Germany, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKuhle Wampe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was a creative collaboration between Bertolt Brecht, Ernst Ottwalt, Slatan Dudow, Hanns Eisler and Georg Höllering. Conceived at the political and artistic watershed of the waning Weimar Republic, it was swiftly banned in 1933 as the Nazi’s took power.\u003cbr\u003eExquisitely photographed by Günther Krampf (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNosferatu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), this semi-documentary combines inspired montage sequences with intimate realist and comic scenes of Anni’s family life, driven along by Hanns Eisler’s celebrated score. Newly restored in 2K by ARRI Media on behalf of the Deutsche Kinemathek, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKuhle Wampe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is presented on Blu-ray and DVD for the first time in the UK.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSpecial features\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePresented in High Definition and Standard Definition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNewly commissioned commentary by film scholar Adrian Martin (2022)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntroduction and Q\u0026amp;A by Andrew Hoellering (1999, 36 mins + 14 mins): the writer discusses his father’s work on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKuhle Wampe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBread\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1934, 12 mins): a short political film made in protest against social inequality, poverty and unemployment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBeyond This Open Road\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1934, 11 mins): modernist short by B Vivian Braun and Irene Nicholson, with poetic images of workers’ leisure time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHousing Problems\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1935, 16 mins): Arthur Elton and Edgar Anstey powerful documentary about slum housing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEastern Valley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Donald Alexander, 1937, 17 mins): a documentary about a Welsh co-operative scheme run by unemployed miners\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e**FIRST PRESSING ONLY** 28-page booklet featuring essays by Martin Koerber and Henry K Miller and an archive review by Jill Forbes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGermany | 1932 | black and white | 75 minutes | German, with optional English subtitles | original aspect ratio 1.19:1 | BD50: 1080p, 24fps, PCM 2.0 mono audio (48kHz\/24-bit) | DVD9: PAL, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio (256kbps)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BFI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46600840052910,"sku":"BFIB1462","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/kuhle_wampe_Lime_Light_Front_BD.png?v=1751295335","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/kuhle-wampe-dual-format","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}