Monday 15 January 2018

The consequences of industrialisation

How the Berlin Worker Lives (1930)

Directed by Slatan Dudow this is a short documentary. We see how the poor of Berlin live and the conditions they endure.

As much propaganda with a communist underpinning as anything else this is still a decent watch as a historical record. You can make no mistake about the agenda the film is pushing thanks to the heavy handed nature of the narration. Maybe a subtler hand could have helped here but otherwise this is fairly well made but unremarkable.


3/5

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