SCHOKOLADENSEITEN

  • Writer/director: Elsbeth Dijkstra
  • Producer: Phanta Film
  • With: Hella Planert
  • World sales: Phanta Film

Documentary (1997), NL/DE, 35mm, colour, 38 min, German spoken, Dutch subs

After 70 years of repression and self-sacrifice in East – Berlin, Hella’s husband dies as the Berlin Wall comes down. Instead of crumbling like most old woman, Hella sees this as a new beginning. Armed with her dreams, she builds a new world of beauty, humour and dance.
A story of a particular individual, one of the countless inconspicuous inhabitants of Berlin…who at closer glance casts a different light on herself, society, history and on the city of Berlin.