德國電影股份公司 (Deutsche Film AG) (縮寫為DEFA),於 75 年前在波茨坦-巴貝爾斯貝格成立。東西德統一時,它已經製作了約700部劇情片,約2500部紀錄片和短片,以及950部動畫電影。 現今德國的所有電影產出都由 DEFA 基金會管理。今屆「德國電影節-澳門站」適逢DEFA75週年的「打破禁忌 - 東德社會批判電影」專題放映,精選兩部講述社會弱勢族群為對象的東德電影給澳門觀眾。這些重要的當代電影文獻,讓我們能夠深入了解東德的生活。
Deutsche Film AG (DEFA) was founded 75 years ago in Potsdam-Babelsberg. By the time of reunification, it had produced some 700 feature films, around 2,500 documentaries and short films, and 950 animated films. Today, the entire film output of the GDR is administered by the DEFA Foundation. To mark the 75th anniversary, a film series “BROKEN TABOOS - SOCIALLY CRITICAL FILMMAKING IN THE GDR” has curated. KINO Macao 2022 has selected two from it for Macao audience’ appreciation. As important contemporary documents, these films allow us today to gain an insight into life in the GDR.
出櫃宣言
Coming Out
導演: Heiner Carow
東德 East Germany|1989|彩色 Color |113'
德語對白,英文字幕
In German with English Subtitles|
影片組別 D Group D
受人愛戴的教師菲利普與朝夕相處的女同事互生情愫成為戀人,但當他重遇昔日發生過關係的男性友人時,菲利普一直壓抑著的同性慾望開始變得蠢蠢欲動。他邂逅另一名男子,並迅速代入愛河。菲利普陷入了與女同事與男子之間的愛中,逼使他去正視自己的性取向和內心。
作為東德第一部也是唯一一部公開處理同性戀主題的劇情片,《出櫃宣言》在 DEFA 電影史上佔有特殊地位。電影於 1989 年 11 月 9 日在東柏林首映,引起熱烈的回響,當晚更連續放映兩次。如果不是同一時間正發生另一舉世聞名的事(東西德統一的時刻!),相信這部電影會引起更大的轟動。
Philipp Klarmann, an ambitious teacher, enjoys popularity at his school. His colleague Tanja falls in love with him and they become a couple. But when Philipp meets his old school friend with whom he once had a relationship, the young teacher is confronted with his repressed homosexuality. He then meets Matthias and they fall in love. Philipp is faced with a mounting emotional conflict as he tries to maintain both his relationship with Tanja and his relationship with Matthias. A painful process of self-recognition begins for Philipp, leading to his open acknowledgment of his homosexuality.
★榮獲1990年柏林影展—銀熊獎、最佳影片泰迪熊獎
★Silver Berlin Bear, Teddy Best Feature Film on Berlinale 1990
★入圍1990年柏林影展—最佳影片金熊獎
* Nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear on Berlinale 1990
單車
The Bicycle
導演 Director:Evelyn Schmidt
東德 East Germany|1981|彩色 Color |89'
德語對白,英文字幕
In German with English Subtitles|
影片組別 B Group B
東德版的《單車失竊記》,可是全片裡卻沒有真正的小偷。
工人蘇珊獨自撫養女兒勉強度日,她漸漸對工作生厭,對生活不滿,而唯有女兒和工程師托馬斯,讓她支撐下去。但女兒生病,加上遲遲未能找到新工作,經濟陷入窘困,她決定鋌而走險,上報她的單車被偷,騙取保險金。但當騙局被揭破,她面臨起訴,托馬斯知道真相後,他的反應讓蘇珊終於明白,她的人生,只有她自己才能改變。
這部電影在當時的東德非常不受歡迎,僅因為描寫的是犯罪的單身女性。然而,在西德女性主義圈子中,卻獲得了極大的認可。尤其它對1980年東德女性生活寫實的罕見女性視角,《單車》是當今罕見的電影歷史文獻。
An unskilled worker raising her child on her own, Susanne barely manages to get by. Her dissatisfaction increases when she meets the successful engineer, Thomas. She gives up her job, gets into financial difficulties and reports her bicycle stolen in order to collect the insurance money. When the fraud is discovered, she is threatened with a lawsuit. Thomas, who knows nothing of the incident, stands by Susanne in her distress. But when she admits the offence and the impending trial to him, he reacts with incomprehension. Susanne is taken aback. No longer able to bear the relationship, she becomes determined to turn her life around.