The Children of the Commune

The Children of the Commune

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 26, 2009

Runtime

1h 22m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Die Kinder vom Friedrichshof

Production Companies

unafilm

Director

Juliane Grossheim

Description

In the commune of the Viennese action-ism-artist Otto Muehl the children should remain 'unspoilt from the nuclear family', in order to be brought up to a completely new human being. Setting out as a free collective in the early 70ies, soon the social experiment emerged as a totalitarian system, which, 20 years later, ended in a dramatic failure. Through the eyes of these children, the film looks back at the community and examines what has become of the children of this utopia.