\u201cK\u00fcmmel Goes East\u201d \u2013 living five years for a shopping centre. Five years with its developers and local residents. Five years between Germany and Poland. Five years until the dawn of the NEW WORLD.<\/p>\n
Hermann K\u00fcmmel building a school house in Nicaragua. That was in the \u201880s. Today the born Hessian is working in Rzesz\u00f3w, east Poland. He\u2019s building the NEW WORLD shopping centre. At K\u00fcmmel\u2019s side stands Polish manager Viola Wojnowski, who negotiates with trade partners and financiers. But she doesn\u2019t want to continue living in Poland \u2013 she\u2019s having her dream house built in the German capital. Investor and art collector Dr. Erich Marx works in the background.<\/p>\n
The shopping centre project is controversial amongst inhabitants of the local prefab estate where it is to be built. But contracts have been finalised and construction vehicles are rolling in. Director Paul Hadwiger and his team followed the creation of the shopping centre over five years. He encounters developers and inhabitants, pursues their stories. Despite their differences, all concerned are united by one question \u2013 that of how one wishes to live.<\/p>\n<\/div>
Director:<\/strong> Paul Hadwiger<\/a> Camera:<\/strong> Anne Misselwitz Distribution:<\/strong> Basis-Film Verleih Berlin<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWriter:<\/strong> Doreen Rechin | Paul Hadwiger<\/p>\n
\nEditor:<\/strong> Rune Schweitzer
\nSound | Sound Design:<\/strong> Silvio Naumann
\nProduction:<\/strong> Peter Roloff, maxim film<\/a>
\nCommissioning Editor:<\/strong> Birgit Mehler (RBB), Beate Sch\u00f6nfeld (MDR)
\nFunded by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, BKM, Filmb\u00fcro Bremen, Filmstiftung NRW<\/p>\n
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