Once I Was a Child (1987)
The interviews conducted by Tamara Trampe in a Pankow kindergarten testify to a rare attempt to enter the world of the young interviewees completely, to give their stories a space where reality and fantasy, worries and wishes can mix freely. A space that’s not always provided in the daily life of the kindergarten, as the film casually suggests even after it was toned down by the DEFA censors: toilets without doors, ghastly birthday parties and friendly but unmistakable reprimands when the children let too much dialect slip into the grammar exercise or when their pictures of soldiers are not realistic enough.
Director: Tamara Trampe
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 17 min
Release Date: March 20, 1987
Screenplay
Cinematography: Thomas Plenert
Editing: Gudrun Steinbrück
Production: DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme
Country: East Germany, Germany
Language: Deutsch
Original Language: de
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Once I Was a Child about?
- The interviews conducted by Tamara Trampe in a Pankow kindergarten testify to a rare attempt to enter the world of the young interviewees completely, to give their stories a space where reality and fantasy, worries and wishes can mix freely. A space that’s not always provided in the daily life of the kindergarten, as the film casually suggests even after it was toned down by the DEFA censors: toilets without doors, ghastly birthday parties and friendly but unmistakable reprimands when the children let too much dialect slip into the grammar exercise or when their pictures of soldiers are not realistic enough.
- Who directed Once I Was a Child?
- Once I Was a Child was directed by Tamara Trampe.
- How long is Once I Was a Child?
- Once I Was a Child has a runtime of 17m (17 minutes).
- What genre is Once I Was a Child?
- Once I Was a Child is a Documentary film.
- Where was Once I Was a Child produced?
- Once I Was a Child was produced in East Germany, Germany.