Once he was King, now he is invisible. In this Balkan tragicomical documentary set in West-Berlin, the young cameraman Vuk from Belgrade embarks on the trail of his uncle Dragan Wende who used to be the “working-class” king of West-Berlin’s 1970s hedonistic disco scene. Being Yugoslav, he also profited from the Berlin Wall. Today, Vuk’s uncle is an aged bordello doorman who lives off social welfare and wants the Wall back. Seen through his nephew's eyes, a microcosm of underdogs and their survival strategies unfolds in this family tale about the “Losers of Change” in a still-divided city.
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Basic information
Title in Serbian
DRAGAN WENDE – WEST BERLIN
Title in English
DRAGAN WENDE – WEST BERLIN
Original language(s)
nemački, srpski, engleski, hrvatski
Category
Genre
Documentary, Biography
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Premiere
28/04/2012 Toronto, Hot Docs International Documentary Festival
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Festivals and Awards
Trieste Film Festival / Trst, Italija / 2013
Awards
Best Documentary
MAX OPHÜLS PREIS / Saarbrücken, Nemačka / 2013
Awards
Best Documentary
Beldocs IDFF / Beograd, Srbija / 2013
Awards
Special mention
Mexico International Film Festival / Rosarito, Meksiko / 2013
Awards
Golden Palm Award
FEST - NEW DIRECTORS / Espinho, Portugalija / 1965
Awards
Nagrada publike
Hot Docs / Toronto, Kanada / 2012
DOK Leipzig / Lajpcig, Nemačka / 2012
Chop Shorts / Džakarta, Indonezija / 2012
Trieste Film Festival / Trst, Italija / 2013
MAX OPHÜLS PREIS / Saarbrücken, Nemačka / 2013
Zagrebdox / Zagreb, Hrvatska / 2013
Beldocs IDFF / Beograd, Srbija / 2013
Mexico International Film Festival / Rosarito, Meksiko / 2013
Technical specs
Color
KOLOR
Duration
85
Digital format
DCP, HD
Picture format
16:9
Number of frames per second
25
Picture format
1.85
Sound
DOLBY 2.0
Subtitles
nemački, srpski, engleski