PARADISE
ON EARTH / DAS PARADIES AUF ERDEN
GERMANY 2003
Directed by: Hans Madej, 90 MIN
Photographer Hans Madej discovers a nearly deserted village in eastern
Poland. Here he meets a group of old people who have used the bible like
a “screenplay” for their lives. In the thirties, the “peasant
prophet” Eliasz assigned them biblical roles and told them to start
building the future world-capital – a paradise on earth –
on a nearby clearing.
Some years later, Eliasz vanished. For the villagers, he remained a symbol
of hope – enabling them to endure sixty years of revolution, war
and their aftermath. The photographer embarks on an adventurous journey
on the trail of the lost prophet. It leads him to Stalin’s camps
in Siberia.
Caligari: 26.04. / 10 p.m.
Double programme with WHAT TO DRINK?
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