Necessary Years of Learning
MovieTitle | Notwendige Lehrjahre |
User score | 7 |
Release date | Apr 1, 1960 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Jürgen Böttcher |
Production country | East Germany, Germany |
Production companies | Deutsche Hochschule für Filmkunst (DHF) |
Run time | 25 min. |
Böttcher made his graduation film about young people who had become delinquent in a youth work yard in Thuringia. Already here a striking feature of his later films becomes apparent: Jürgen Böttcher gives his protagonists a lot of space; he approaches them without prejudice, empathetically and carefully. In addition, his curiosity can be felt in the life situations and stories of his characters.