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Director Peter Kahane

Writer Thomas Knauf (Screenplay), Peter Kahane (Screenplay)

Original Title Die Architekten

Release Date June 22, 1990

Runtime 102 min (1h 42m)

Country East Germany

Language DE

Budget N/A

Box Office N/A

Studios DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme • Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe ''Babelsberg''

The Architects (1990)

Name: The Architects
Genre: Drama
Released: 1990-06-22
Rating: 3.5

Directed by Peter Kahane

• Written by Thomas Knauf , Peter Kahane

⭐ 3.5 / 5 (7 votes) ⏱️ 102 min 🎬 Drama

Ratings Breakdown:

7 ratings

0.5 Stars 5.0 Stars

Synopsis

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.