This is a region-free DVD-R without case or artwork.In German with English subtitles.This film is also known as "Kuhle Wampe oder: Wem gehört die Welt?" and "Whither Germany?" The Bönike family live in a squalid tenement in Berlin in a period when German unemployment has doubled from 2 million to over 5 million. Their son has not worked in over seven months, and is accused by his father of being a wastrel who has not tried hard enough to find employment. In a moment of utter despair, the son jumps from their fourth floor window to his death, and the resultant misery leads to the family being evicted from their home and sent to the eponymous camp, Kuhle Wampe, where thousands of dispossessed Berliners already congregate. Although it was directed by Slatan Dodow, in truth the real auteur of this piece is Bertolt Brecht. This film was made made in 1932, the last full year of the Weimar Republic.
