Mama General

Directed by Sylvie Banuls, Peter Heller

1997

A film about poverty in a rich country: father, mother, seven children have made it out of the homeless asylum. The author met the Cologne family B. for the first time in 1976. Living with debts, installments, reminders, living with the certainty that the children will not fare any differently. For more than twenty years, between dreams and fears, the camera recorded two generations' fear of failure and hunger for middle class. A unique film chronicle from the "latest economic miracle" - between 1976 and 1997.

Released
1 Jan 1997
Runtime
98 min
Also known as
Mama General oder: Arm würd' ich nicht sagen, Arm würd' ich nicht sagen - Eine Kölner Familie hält zusammen
Country
Germany
Language
German
Writers
Peter Heller, Sylvie Banuls
Cinematography
David Slama, Otmar Schmid
Music
Philip Glass
Editors
Pauline Pauli, Sylvie Banuls, Wolfgang Grimmeisen
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