Open-air Market in Berlin

  • German Empire Markt in Berlin
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Short / Documentary
German Empire, 1929, 18 min

Directed by:

Wilfried Basse

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The weekly market at Wittenbergplatz, from the vendor set-up in the early morning hours to the clean-up in the afternoon, provides an opportunity for sympathetic observation of the customers. The city of market stalls in Berlin’s centre becomes a place where urban and rural intersect. Housewives in a rush meet feisty female farmers, chic ladies, butchers in shirtsleeves, and travelling hawkers. (Berlinale)

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