Schleimkeim - Otze and the GDR from Under Ground
Once a month, the Goethe-Institut collaborates with the Cinémathèque québécoise to present a significant work of contemporary German cinema: fiction films, documentaries, bold and entertaining productions by established and emerging filmmakers.
The film travels back in time through the underground of the GDR (East Germany) until its demise. A punk documentary about the life and death of the GDR punk Dieter “Otze” Ehrlich and his band Schleimkeim. With the fall of the wall, Otze not only loses his enemies, but also his life at the cost of freedom.
Jan Heck
Jan Heck is a German director. He discovered his passion for film as a teenager, especially through the movie theater in his hometown, which was a "window to the world" for him. He completed a bachelor's degree in Motion Pictures at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, during which time he made the short films Moosgrün (2011) and König der Stadt (2012). He started working as a freelance cinematographer and editor in 2015. From 2018 until the end of 2023, he studied Time-based Media at the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz. Before graduating, Jan Heck realized his first feature-length documentary, Schleimkeim - Otze and the GDR from Under Ground (2023), a portrait of the legendary GDR punk Dieter "Otze" Ehrlich and his band Schleimkeim. Heck is a punk musician himself. The film premiered at the Braunschweig International Film Festival.
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