Berlin Chamissoplatz (1980)

Berlin Chamissoplatz (1980)

Release Date: 1980, November 1
Directors: Rudolf Thome
Countries: Germany
Production: Rudolf Thome Filmproduktion, Rudolf Thome Filmproduktion, Polytel International Film, Polytel International Film, Moana-Film, Moana-Film
Cast: Hanns Zischler, Sabine Bach, Alexander Malkowsky, Wolfgang Kinder, Gisela Freudenberg, Anna Klasse, Hildegard Bach, Ralf Lotzin, Bela Braukmann

Overview:

An architect is assigned to modernize a squatted house in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin. But then he meets a young student who is member of a grassroots initiative trying to preserve the quarter. He falls in love with her, although this puts him into conflict with his job. Following his heart, the architect soon changes sides and supports the inhabitants in their struggle against the real estate speculators.