Bowlingtreff

Movie"In 1987 the Leipzig Bowlingtreff opened extraordinary postmodern and unique in the GDR The film portrays knowledgeably and lovingly the house and its special history"
Bowlingtreff
NR 1 hrDocumentary
The Bowlingtreff is a bowling alley situated right in the centre of Leipzig opened in July 1987 At that time the quality of life in Leipzig and the whole GDR got worse Houses collapsed because of poor conditions public life and amusement was on a very low level The Bowlingtreff was not merely an urban entertainment centre but a revolution in those days Built with the help of hundreds of volunteers without permission of the state authorities in Berlin the building expresses a free and international architecture known as postmodernism It is an architecture that was never seen before in Leipzig Marble and parquet on the floor a glass roof and beautiful pink pillars The atmosphere was western as time witnesses remember it
DirectorsThomas BeyerAdrian Dorschner

Movie Details

Original Language:German
Production Companies:Beyer Dorschner MDR NDR