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23 Barbiepuppen kippen um

Dagie Brundert | Gesine Jochems | West Germany | 1988 | 3' | | IFFR 2016

23 Barbies in a row. Snatched from a sale table in Woolworth’s and lined up against a wall in their bathing suits. One by one they fall accompanied by a cacophony of humming. Dramatic. Dryly funny. Made in West Germany at the time of the DDR.

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Film details

Country of production
West Germany
Year
1988
Festival edition
IFFR 2016
Length
3"
Medium/Format
DCP

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