Dokumentarische Filme 1931-1933 (Bergman-Michel)

Since 1920 artist, photographer, and filmmaker Ella Bergmann-Michel lived and worked at the "Schmelz", an old paint mill near Frankfurt on Main. With guests such as Kurt Schwitters and László Moholy-Nagy the house became an important locale for modern artists.
Between 1931 and 1933 she made five documentary films that constitute a rare example of socially involved and equally artistic film.
The DVD contains these five films, a documentary film about the artist and a comprehensive booklet with essays on Ella Bergmann-Michel's films.









Wo wohnen alte Leute / Where Old People Live (1931), 13'
Erwerbslose kochen für Erwerbslose / Unemployed are Cooking for the Unemployed (1932), 9'
Fliegende Händler in Frankfurt am Main / Travelling Hawkers in Frankfurt am Main (1932), Work print 21'
Fischfang in der Rhön (an der Sinn) / Fishing in the Rhön (at the Sinn) (1932), 10'
Wahlkampf 1932 (Letzte Wahl) / Election Campaign 1932 (Last Election) (1932/33), 13'
Music scores by Günter A. Buchwald
Fliegende Händler in Frankfurt am Main / Travelling Hawkers in Frankfurt am Main (1932), Rough cut 46'
Fragmente / Fragments 1'
Mein Herz schlägt Blau - Ella Bergmann-Michel / Blue is the Beat of my Heart - Ella Bergmann-Michel Jutta Hercher & Maria Hemmleb, (1989), 30'
20 page booklet with texts on Ella Bergmann-Michel

DVD edited by: Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt am Main

4:3 (PAL) / 1.33:1 / Dolby Digital 2.0 / German intertitles, German / subtitles English