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Title The Gasworks
Production Date c.1981
Country of Production GDR (German Democratic Republic)
Duration 00:18:17
Production Company Camera DDR
Film Subject Era Post-1975
Genre Documentary
Summary An honest take on the inner city Prenzlauer Berg gasworks which had to be closed down due to working conditions and pollution. The film considers the effects on the local population and the re-deployment of workers.
Subjects Industry; Environmentalism; Science; Trade unions; Workers; Modernisation; Women; Housing; Urban development; Construction
Director Machalz, Alfons
Contributors
Camera:
Gronau, Manfred

Editing:
Black, Rita

Sound:
Pflughaupt, Peter

Production:
Krause, Helmut

Script:
Machalz, Alfons

Places German Democratic Republic (GDR)
Fiction/Non Fiction Non Fiction
Sound Sound
Colour Format Colour
Language English (Narrator)
Module Culture & Society
Copyright The British Film Institute