Because his single mother criticised the state, Alex was sent to a special children’s home at the age of eleven, in order to shape him – like almost 500,000 children in the GDR – into a “socialist personality”. He escaped and ended up as a punishment at the Torgau Closed Juvenile Detention Centre, more prison than social institution. His life was now dominated by military drill and violence … Reduced rotoscope images follow Alex’s memories and show how the trauma affects him even today.
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Falk Schuster Director · Mike Plitt Director Julian Quitsch Editor
First release October 19, 2022 · Produced in Germany · Original title Biegen und Brechen
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mobyDOK
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Germany
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Original title
Biegen und Brechen
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
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Germany · October 19, 2022
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