2018 · drama · biography · music
Gundermann
Directed by Andreas Dresen2h 8m2018
The real life story of East German singer and writer Gerhard Gundermann and his struggles with music, life as a coal miner and his dealings with the secret police (STASI) of the GDR.
Our read: Gundermann (2018) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · biography · music entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / biography, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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