Make or Break (2022)

Because his single mother criticised the state, Alex was sent to a special children’s home at the age of eleven, in order to shape him – like almost 500,000 children in the GDR – into a “socialist personality”. He escaped and ended up as a punishment at the Torgau Closed Juvenile Detention Centre, more prison than social institution. His life was now dominated by military drill and violence … Reduced rotoscope images follow Alex’s memories and show how the trauma affects him even today.

Released Oct. 19, 2022 8 min None+

Genres: Animation, Documentary, Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.2d-animation, imdb.east-germany, imdb.political-drama, imdb.docudrama, imdb.german-history

Production Companies: mobyDOK TV-Produktion

Country: Germany
Production Country: Germany
Languages: German