The man at the window
(1989)
Starring Heinrich Hüser, Karl-Heinz Hucke, Angelika Schirmer, Bernd Konrad, and others.

A short film with protagonists whose odd behaviour might have graced a few Godard films. They are angered and alarmed by the life that has been planned for them in a social housing project, one that cynically parades itself as the “humane town planning” of the early 80s. A few residents take things into their own hands: the architect is swiftly kidnapped, and – in the box-like kitchen, or in the “cosy” living room – forced to defend himself before a tribunal. His failings are manifest. The residents’ role is merely to underline the functionality of the architecture. The architect is forced at gunpoint to sign a statement declaring that he has delivered a living quarters instead of a home.

Writer, Director: Robert Bramkamp
Camera: Herbert Baumann
Production Manager: Martin Hagemann
Starring: Heinrich Hüser, Karl-Heinz Hucke, Angelika Schirmer, Bernd Konrad, among others
Production: Silly Girls
Format: 16mm, Farbe
Length: 17.40 min.
Premiere: 5. Int. Hamburger Kurzfilmfestival 1989
Screenings: Fifarc, Bordeaux (F) 1990, Int. Kurzfilmfestival Berlin 1989, u.a.
TV-Erstausstrahlung: Mai 90 (Kanal 4/Sat 1)
Awards: 1. Preis, 2e Festival International du Film d´Architecture et d’Urbanisme de Lausanne (CH) 1989

Distribution:
Freunde der Deutschen Kinemathek

Rental in public libraries:
Bibliothek der Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen "Konrad Wolf", Babelsberg

French Version (subtitles) distributed by:
Freunde der Deutschen Kinemathek