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  • 2019
  • Big World Pictures
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2019
  • Big World Pictures
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary In the 1960s, the young democracy of West Germany was embarrassed by its Nazi past, and ingrown in its role as imperialist and capitalist outpost faced by its communist double. The postwar generation, in direct conflict with their fathers, was trying to find its place. The student movement exploded in 1966. The pas de deux between studen...

Directed By: Jean-Gabriel Périot

Written By: Pierre Hodgson, Anne Steiner, Nicole Brenez, Anne Paschetta, Jean-Gabriel Périot

  • 2019
  • Big World Pictures
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2019
  • Big World Pictures
  • 1 h 33 m

A German Youth

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Summary In the 1960s, the young democracy of West Germany was embarrassed by its Nazi past, and ingrown in its role as imperialist and capitalist outpost faced by its communist double. The postwar generation, in direct conflict with their fathers, was trying to find its place. The student movement exploded in 1966. The pas de deux between studen...

Directed By: Jean-Gabriel Périot

Written By: Pierre Hodgson, Anne Steiner, Nicole Brenez, Anne Paschetta, Jean-Gabriel Périot

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80
Oct 11, 2019
Utilizing news footage, TV programs, crude activist films and the like, Périot (always his own editor) builds his arguments almost invisibly, guiding the viewer while trusting his audience to use their heads. How refreshing to have a director refuse black-and-white conclusions, knowing that formulating questions is the best way to probe the past and its ramifications.
By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 9, 2019
Fiendishly researched and smartly constructed, A German Youth is a formidable piece of documentary detective work focusing on a small but significant historical moment that continues to matter.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 11, 2019
With no commentary beyond audio clips and visuals composed almost entirely of historical footage, Periot uses the radicals’ own images and words to show how their discourse evolved over ten years from progressive to militant.
By Jordan Mintzer FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 5, 2019
The pace is too rapid for any nonexpert to absorb or glean the significance of all the details, which Périot generally leaves unexplained. But this documentary is fitfully thought-provoking, and particularly good at illustrating political fault lines of the time.
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Production Company Local Films, Alina Film, Blinker Filmproduktion, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB), Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS), ARTE, Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Cinéforom, DEFA-Stiftung, Dévelopimage 2, EMARE/Werkleitz, Eurimages, Indéfilms 3, Loterie Suisse Romande, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Office Fédéral de la Culture
Release Date Oct 11, 2019
Duration 1 h 33 m
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Website http://www.jgperiot.net/2%20LONGS/UNEJEUNESSE/unejeunesse.htm
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Awards

Cinéma du Réel
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
DocAviv Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Visions du Réel International Film Festival Nyon
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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