Trace of Stones / Spur der Steine (1. Anto. Soft. Net. Trace of Stones (1. DVD9 ! Originally banned for its perceived anti- establishment message, this DEFA masterpiece was re- released to great acclaim after the reunification of Germany. The Stone's Trace Historical Society was founded in April, 1964. Graydon Blue, a local druggist, convinced the owner, Mrs. 1966, the 184 charter. Foreman Balla is the swaggering, self- proclaimed king of a massive construction site, and his co- workers stick close to him like musketeers. But when a new Party Secretary is sent in to bring the site under control, along with a beautiful young engineer named Kati, a love triangle ensues. This film is proof that the New Wave aesthetics of self- conscious rejection of classical cinematic form and youthful iconoclasm infiltrated the Iron Curtain as it were. Traces of Stones gently examines social and political upheavals of the era, and its extended flashback narrative interrupted again and again by present time showcases the director's experiments with editing, visual style, and narrative parts. When the lead construction worker Hannes Balla's team appears for the first time, dressed in cowboy's attire, lined up in battle formation, and beaming with energy and self- confidence, this image is homage to the films The Magnificent Seven and Kuosawa's Seven Samurai. It also gives the film a Jim Jarmusch quality.
The plot involves a young Party secretary, Werner Horrath, who has arrived at a large construction site. From an academic background, he brings with him not only ideology but even more so idealism, and thus also the courage to correct mistakes in the sacrosanct site plan. Both he and Balla fall in love with the young engineer, Kati Klee, the privilaged daughter of a Party boss. At first it is the intellectual and not the carpenter who wins the young woman's heart; however, the Party does not permit the married man to indulge in any unrestricted passions. Spur der Steine = Trace of stones (1966) Record View: Brief Detailed Staff. Information about this record. Call no.: VHS Videorecording 493. Title: Spur der Steine. Horrath's rival Balla is actually the real boss at the site; he argues with the representatives of the political authorities and procures every kind of needed building material in a highly unconventional way. After a long period of arguing over the film, it was shown for the first time in the GDR in the summer of 1. This example of the state's power also gives an idea of why the GDR always had so much difficulty with its own development: whatever cannot be tamed is regarded as anarchistic and dangerous - like Beyer's fearless protagonists- Balla and Horrath, or like the film itself. Ironically, in the story no threat to the system and no fundamental doubts about it are expressed. It is, more importantly, a vigorous plea for a more open, more courageous and more human way of dealing with people, and against the less endangered moral cowards and opportunists. Customer Review, ”“Special Features: - Recent Interview with actor Krystyna Stypulkowska- Introductory Essay- Biographies and Filmographies- Censored! Trace of Stone- DEFA Trailer- Other Films by Frank Beyer”Many Thanks to Original uploader.
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