Gabriele Stötzer and Birgit Willschütz were political inmates at Hoheneck Castle, the most notorious women’s prison in East Germany. Their story is one of overcrowded cells, despotic hierarchies, ruthless days and the enduring effects of incarceration. Most of all, however, it is about the crushing pressure of forced labour. Prisoners at Hoheneck manufactured millions of pantyhose, bed sheets, and other products for West German retailers, bringing enormous profits to both sides of the Iron Curtain.
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Born 1968 in Radeberg, an illustrator and filmmaker in Berlin. He studied communication design at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle and animation at the Film and Television University "Konrad Wolf". Professor of Sequential Illustration at the BTK University of Art and Design.
Filmography
1997 Rue Rosé
2000 Sonst nichts
2008 Germania Wurst
2012 Nobody’s Fool / Over You
2014 Kyrie eleison
2023 The Waiting
Born 1979 in East Berlin;
studied culture studies in Frankfurt/ Oder;
works as an author, director and producer of animated and documentary films;
together with Max Mönch he founded the mobyDOK medienproduktion
Filmography
2014 Micki
2015 Follow your nose
2016 Ocean’s Monopoly
2016 Kaputt
2018 Comrades & Cash
