The Architects (1990)
The architect Daniel Brenner is in his late thirties when he receives his first challenging and lucrative commission: to design a cultural center for a satellite town in East-Berlin. He accepts the offer under the condition that he gets to choose who he works with. This way, he reunites with former colleagues and friends - most of them architects or students of architecture who have since chosen a different profession due to personal restraint or economic confinement. Together, they develop a concept which they hope will be more appealing to the public than the conventional and dull constructions common to the German Democratic Republic. However, their ambitious plans are once and again foiled by their conservative supervisors. As frustration grows, Daniel has trouble keeping his career in balance with his family-life: his wife Wanda wants to leave for West-Germany.
Director:
Peter Kahane
Writers:
Thomas Knauf, Peter Kahane.
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Kurt Naumann as Daniel Brenner |
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Rita Feldmeier as Wanda Brenner |
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Uta Eisold as Renate Reese |
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Werner Dissel as Alter |
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Christoph Engel as Ökonom Endler |
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Wolfgang Greese as Günther Adam |
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Hans-Joachim Hegewald as Albrecht Wischala |
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Karl-Ernst Horbol as n.A. |
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Thomas Just as |
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Markus Kissling as n.A. |
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Roland Kuchenbuch as n.A. |
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Ute Lubosch as Franziska Scharf |
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Andrea Meissner as Barbara Schneider |
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Jörg Schüttauf as Wilfried Berger |
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Catherine Stoyan as Else Krug |
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Joachim Tomaschewsky as Prof. Vesely |
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Jürgen Watzke as Martin Bullat |
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Judith Richter as Kind |
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René Wünsch as Kind |
| Directing | Peter Kahane | Director |
| Writing | Thomas Knauf | Screenplay |
| Editing | Ilse Peters | Editor |
| Sound | Konrad Walle | Sound mixer |
| Lighting | Klaus Sterz | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Werner Mai | Set Decoration |
| Production | Horst Schmidt | Location Manager |
| Production | Jörg Reichel | Location Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christiane Dorst | Costume Design |
| Camera | Andreas Köfer | Director of Photography |
| Production | Herbert Ehler | Producer |
| Writing | Peter Kahane | Screenplay |
| Sound | Tamás Kahane | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Dieter Döhl | Production Design |
| Crew | Klaus Selignow | Property Master |
| Art | Heike Pfeiffenberger | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Steinfelder | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Klaus Petzold | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Irene Weigel | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Andreas Kaufmann | Sound |