Kopf Faust Fahne - Perspektiven auf das Thälmanndenkmal

An anachronistical colossus made from 50 tons of bronze, stands its ground in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg. With his raised fist KPF-leader Ernst Thälmann, who was declared a hero in the GDR, announces communism’s victory.
In a combination of own footage, animation and archive material, artist Betina Kuntzsch assembles a complex narrative on the Ernst Thälmann Park in East Berlin, where in 1986 an old gasworks made way for a housing estate and a controversial GDR leadership-ordered monument.

The compilation film of the ten essayist short films is titled „HEAD FIST FLAG – PERSPECTIVES ON THE THÄLMANN MEMORIAL"