

The Architects
1990-06-22 · 102 min · ★ 7.0
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.
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- Directors
- Peter Kahane
- Production companies
- DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe ''Babelsberg''
- Countries
- East Germany
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Kurt NaumannDaniel Brenner
Rita FeldmeierWanda Brenner
Uta EisoldRenate Reese
Werner DisselAlter
Wolfgang GreeseGünther Adam
Ute LuboschFranziska Scharf
Jörg SchüttaufWilfried Berger
Catherine StoyanElse Krug
Joachim TomaschewskyProf. Vesely
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