Berlin, Schoenhauser Corner

Berlin, Schoenhauser Corner German Berlin Ecke Schnhauser is an East German crime film directed by Gerhard Klein. It was released in 1957.

The screenplay of Berlin Ecke Schnhauser was written in summer 1956 during the early months of the Khruschev Thaw and severely criticized by officials in the Ministry of Cultures Cinema Directorate upon its completion. It was seen by the authorities as portraying only the negative side of the life in the country. Director Klein did not receive an approval to begin filming, but did so anyhow, starting at October. When Klein held a screening of Ecke Schnhauser in the Ministry of Culture, the officials present strongly disapproved of it, and intended to ban it. But when it was presented to the Central Committee of the Free German Youth, Hans Modrow praised Kleins work and declared that it would be beneficial for the populace. The film was approved for release.Berlin Ecke Schnhauser... was released only a year after the release of Die Halbstarken 1956 in the Federal Republic of Germany. Die Halbstarken is one of numerous Germanmade films inspired by the American young rebel films of the 1950s that featured young, male protagonists rebelling against the rule of law and breaking societal norms. Such films were heavily criticized by German officials of the DDR who believed it was the goal of the West to destabilize East German society through the release of such films. ........

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