The Architects (1990)

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Country: East Germany
Genres: Drama
Release: 1990-06-21
Director: Peter Kahane
Writers: Peter Kahane , Thomas Knauf , Christoph Prochnow
Language: German
Stars: Kurt Naumann , Rita Feldmeier , Judith Richter , Jürgen Watzke , Ute Lubosch , Catherine Stoyan , Uta Eisold , Karl-Ernst Horbol , Wolfgang Greese , Hans-Joachim Hegewald
Runtime: 95 min
Awards: 2 wins
AKA: The Architects (United States of America) , Die Architekten , Architekci (Poland) , Los Arquitectos (Chile) , Les architectes (France, French Republic) , Die Architekten , Los arquitectos (Argentina) , Los arquitectos (Spain)
Plot: The architect Daniel Brenner is in his late thirties when he receives his first challenging and lucrative commission: to design a cultural center for a satellite town in East-Berlin. He accepts the offer under the condition that he gets to choose who he works with. This way, he reunites with former colleagues and friends - most of them architects or students of architecture who have since chosen a different profession due to personal restraint or economic confinement. Together, they develop a concept which they hope will be more appealing to the public than the conventional and dull constructions common to the German Democratic Republic. However, their ambitious plans are once and again foiled by their conservative supervisors. As frustration grows, Daniel has trouble keeping his career in balance with his family-life: his wife Wanda wants to leave for West-Germany.
IMDB:tt0305242