Das Gaswerk
How are problems solved in a socialist country? The film centres on an old gasworks in the middle of a workers' district in Berlin, capital of the GDR. For 100 years it was polluting the environment - now it is closed. What has happened to the former workers? Have they been made redundant? Will the site of the old works be taken over by a new one, or will a park be laid out there for the local inhabitants?
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Das Gaswerk
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- Crew
Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 2, 1982
Runtime
0h 19m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
Das Gaswerk
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Wochenschau und Dokumentarfilme
Director
Alfons Machalz
Description
How are problems solved in a socialist country? The film centres on an old gasworks in the middle of a workers' district in Berlin, capital of the GDR. For 100 years it was polluting the environment - now it is closed. What has happened to the former workers? Have they been made redundant? Will the site of the old works be taken over by a new one, or will a park be laid out there for the local inhabitants?
