about
Bowlingtreff
A documentary by Adrian Dorschner and Thomas Beyer
Running time 60 min
The “Bowlingtreff” is a bowling alley situated right in the centre of Leipzig opened in July 1987. At that time the quality of life in Leipzig and the whole GDR got worse. Houses collapsed because of poor conditions, public life and amusement was on a very low level.
The “Bowlingtreff” was not merely an urban entertainment centre but a revolution in those days. Built with the help of hundreds of volunteers without permission of the state authorities in Berlin the building expresses a free and international architecture known as postmodernism. It is an architecture that was never seen before in Leipzig. Marble and parquet on the floor, a glass roof and beautiful pink pillars. The atmosphere was western as time witnesses remember it.
This documentary tells the story of this building and the people behind it. Beyond that international experts estimate the postmodern architecture of the “Bowlingtreff” as one of a kind in history. Postmodernism-Icon Denise Scott Brown profoundly evaluates the “Bowlingtreff” as a remarkable sign of the time that anticipates the Zeitgeist of 1989 when people had the bravery to claim for freedom.
This documentary reconnects beautiful file footage with high-end sequences from the “Bowlingtreff” that is abandoned today.
credits
| Director | Thomas Beyer and Adrian Dorschner | |
| Cinematographer | Simone Friedel | |
| 2nd Cinematographer | Anna Baranowski Adrian Dorschner |
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| Editing | Anna Baranowski | |
| Sound | Jana Irmert Daniel Fischer | |
| Sound design | Jana Irmert | |
| Music | Alexander Hessel / Büro Böhm | |
| Color Grading | Colja Krugmann | |
| Light | Thomas Krüger Sebastian Höhn |
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| Projections | René Heinrich Hannah Sieben |
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| Grip | Thomas Krüger Sebastian Höhn René Heinrich |
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| Camera Assistance | Hannah Sieben | |
| Director Assistance | Julia Leser | |
| Special Effects | Holger Beyer | |
| Catering | Anja Biemann | |
| Translation | Sandro Thoma Anja Biemann Simone Großer |
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| Production | Beyer & Dorschner Evelyn Wenzel ( MDR ) Daniel Buresch ( NDR ) |
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| Additional Footage | Volker Kierzkowski Photographenmeister Martin Weber Hans Wolfram Kasten Roger und Renate Rössing Hermann Walter Roland Jahn Siegbert Schefke |
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| Archives | Deutsche Fotothek Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv Gedenkstätte Museum in der „Runden Ecke“ Leipzig Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg Sächsisches Staatsarchiv Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig |
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| Professional Guidance | Silke Schütze | |
| Commissioning Editor | Dr. Katja Wildermuth ( MDR ) Eric Friedler ( NDR ) |
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| Website | Martin Kraetke |
Thanks
Frank Ahlborn, AV-Labor der HGB Leipzig, Ilona Beyer-Dorschner, Rosemarie Beyer, Maria Ercadi, Filmverband Sachsen, Stefan Gööck, Matthias Hasberg, Ulrike Heinemann, Vera Hobrecker, Andreas Horn, Ralph Jordan, Michael Kraus, Georg Kühn, Claudia Lorke, Ingo Lögers, Michael Mahler, Caroline Mehner, Carsten Möller, Conrad Ostwald, Martin Pfeiffer (Kanzlei Wilken Münster/Hamburg), Royal London Bus Leipzig, Stefan Rauchhaus, Susan Scanlon, Jürgen Schellong, Luise Schröder, Carolin Schumann, Ylva Snyckers, Susanne Stenner, Wolfgang Thron, Andreas Weck, Reinhard Wendt, Thomas Wieja, Dörthe Winter
A Beyer & Dorschner production with MDR und NDR
Funded by Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen and Sächsische Landesmedienanstalt
news
“Bowlingtreff” @ BarBarbette, Karl-Marx-Allee 36, 10178 Berlin
Wednesday, 19th October, 7pm
“Bowlingtreff” to be selected for three more festivals!
New York, Milano, Mainz (D)
dates
Screening
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cordially invites you to
BarBarbette, Karl-Marx-Allee 36, 10178 Berlin
Wednesday, 19th October, 7pm
Festivals
Bowlingtreff at Architecture & Design Film Festival New York
October 2nd 2016, 6:30 pm
At Cinépolis Chelsea, 260 W 23rd St, New York, NY 10011, USA
Bowlingtreff at Milano Design Film Festival, Italy
October 6th-9th 2016
Anteo Spazio Cinema, Via Milazzo, 9, 20121 Milano
Bowlingtreff at FILMZ Festival des deutschen Kinos, Mainz, Germany
November 22.-27. 2016
CinéMayence, Schillerstraße 11, 55116 Mainz
contact
Beyer & Dorschner
Erich-Zeigner-Allee 64a
04229 Leipzig
Germany