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Chapter "West wind": didactic film material
Summer 1988: The twins Isa and Doreen are allowed to attend a training camp at Lake Balaton in Hungary as promising young athletes of the GDR. There they meet two boys from Hamburg - Arne and Nico.
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Summer 1988: The twins Isa and Doreen are allowed to attend a training camp at Lake Balaton in Hungary as promising young athletes of the GDR. There they meet two boys from Hamburg - Arne and Nico. The vacation flirtation soon turns into something more and Arne suggests that the inseparable sisters flee the GDR together.
A teenage love story based on a real story that comes across as light and cheerful despite its political background. Thalheim made the movie with the knowledge that we have today, namely, that a year later in 1989 the Wall would fall. After that, the crime of "Republikflucht", the defection from East Germany to the West no longer existed.
Themes: GDR/German division, youth, (first) love.
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A teenage love story based on a real story that comes across as light and cheerful despite its political background. Thalheim made the movie with the knowledge that we have today, namely, that a year later in 1989 the Wall would fall. After that, the crime of "Republikflucht", the defection from East Germany to the West no longer existed.
Themes: GDR/German division, youth, (first) love.
Learning objectives:
Students can:
- understand film images and film dialogues
- examine the film's content and information about the country
- talk about it and express opinions
- classify the themes of the film historically and develop them creatively
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The didactic material was created in collaboration with the Swedish Film Institute. On their website, you can find more film documents and pedagogical tips.
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