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GERMANY · 1979

Die Patriotin

Alexander Kluge
New German Cinema history education alternative historiography textbook critique physical archaeology German history
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Synopsis

Gabi Teichert, a history teacher, is unhappy with the way history is portrayed in textbooks and is looking for an alternative, more practical approach to 'uncovering' the past, quite literally digging with the spade and dissecting books with hammers and drills.

Year1979
CountryGermany
DirectorAlexander Kluge
MovementNew German Cinema
Cinematic Threads
His [Straub's] cinema changed my life. All of Straub’s films changed my life. All of them are models. I would say Die Patriotin (The Patriot), Nicht Versöhnt (Not Reconciled), Othon, and Machorka-Muff.

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