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Out of Order (Stoerung Ost)
The film tells the story of a punk gang in East Berlin from 1979 to 1983. A group of rebel teenagers spend their afternoons hanging around drinking beer. They are suppressed with excessive power and violence by the instruments of the Socialist government. The pressure makes them become political and soon they start their first actions... From then on, the days of the gang are numbered. In 1983 the "Stasi" (East German Internal Security Service) decided on the final solution to the punk question. The gang was broken up and its members locked up in prison. We, Schneider and Mechthild Katzorke, the filmmakers, belonged to the gang. But unlike our friends whose parents were officials in the East German government we were rebels by birth. Priest daughters in an atheist system. Our story has a different ending. In 1995 we invited our old punk friends on a boat trip on the river Spree through the united Berlin. They all came. Plus the one who once created the punk-fever in us - John Peel, the pope of Punk. Together, we recall our experiences.
Mechthild Katzorke was born in East Germany in 1964. In 1979, after having attended a Catholic school and lived through a period of rebellion, she began collaborative activities with Schneider that led them to art. In 1985, they settled in the West. From 1986-1989, they studied experimental filmmaking at the Hochschule der Kuenste (HdK) in West Berlin. Since 1986, they have put on performances and exhibitions under the signature "Anita". Their work includes Milking and Hoovering (Melken und Saugen, 1992), which was named "Best German Video" at Oberhausen in 1992, Mummy (1994) and Out of Order (Stoerung Ost, 1996).
Cornelia Schneider was born in East Germany in 1964. In 1979, after having attended a Catholic school and lived through a period of rebellion, she began collaborative activities with Mechthild Katzorke that led them to art. In 1985, they settled in the West. From 1986-1989, they studied experimental filmmaking at the Hochschule der Kuenste (HdK) in West Berlin. Since 1986, they have put on performances and exhibitions under the signature "Anita". Their work includes Milking and Hoovering (Melken und Saugen, 1992), which was named "Best German Video" at Oberhausen in 1992, Mummy (1994) and Out of Order (Stoerung Ost, 1996).
Category Documentary
Directors Mechthild Katzorke, Cornelia Schneider
Screenplay Mechthild Katzorke, Cornelia Schneider
Directors of Photography Gustav Hamos, Tomas Blazek, Stephan Horst
Editors Mechthild Katzorke, Cornelia Schneider
Music by The Sex Pistols
Cast Bernd Michael Lade, John Peel, Elke Groegel
Producer Salwa Amin
Production Company Anita AV-Produktion/Berlin, in co-production with ZDF/Mainz
Length 77 min
Format 16 mm, color, b&w
Original Version German
Sound Technology Mono
Festivals Locarno 96: Semaine de la critique
World Sales
Anita AV-Produktion
Cornelia Schneider & Mechthild Katzorke
Seelingstrasse 47/49
14059 Berlin/Germany
phone +49-30-3 25 58 32
fax +49-30-3 21 75 10
Directors Mechthild Katzorke, Cornelia Schneider
Screenplay Mechthild Katzorke, Cornelia Schneider
Directors of Photography Gustav Hamos, Tomas Blazek, Stephan Horst
Editors Mechthild Katzorke, Cornelia Schneider
Music by The Sex Pistols
Cast Bernd Michael Lade, John Peel, Elke Groegel
Producer Salwa Amin
Production Company Anita AV-Produktion/Berlin, in co-production with ZDF/Mainz
Length 77 min
Format 16 mm, color, b&w
Original Version German
Sound Technology Mono
Festivals Locarno 96: Semaine de la critique
World Sales
Anita AV-Produktion
Cornelia Schneider & Mechthild Katzorke
Seelingstrasse 47/49
14059 Berlin/Germany
phone +49-30-3 25 58 32
fax +49-30-3 21 75 10
