Das Gaswerk

How are problems solved in a socialist country? The film centres on an old gasworks in the middle of a workers' district in Berlin, capital of the GDR. For 100 years it was polluting the environment - now it is closed. What has happened to the former workers? Have they been made redundant? Will the site of the old works be taken over by a new one, or will a park be laid out there for the local inhabitants?

Release Date

January 2, 1982

Status

Released

Original Title

Das Gaswerk

Runtime

19min

Budget

Revenue

Language

German