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Illumination Glastreppe von Pei, Zeughaus Berlin | © Jeremy JP Fekete
© Jeremy JP Fekete

Building on the Past - I.M. Pei and The Royal Arsenal

    All titles (2)
    Documentary (Series) | 2004 | arte, rbb [de] | Architecture | Germany

    Shooting data

    Start of shooting26/07/2004
    End of shooting03/08/2004
    Number of shooting days9
    LocationsBerlin
    Filming regionsEast Germany, North Germany

    Project data

    Length of movie27'00
    Aspect ratio16:9 (1 : 1,78)
    Acquisition formatDigital Betacam
    Distribution formatHD
    Sound formatStereo

    Brief synopsis

    It has become a debated symbol of the city, right in the heart of Berlin: I.M. Pei´s modern addition to the Royal Arsenal building, the “Königliche Zeughaus”, houses the “Deutsche Historische Museum/German Historical Museum”. This is an example of a Chinese-American architect building on “Prussian” history. This film is made up of fascinating and impressive images telling the story of a building that was once the royal arsenal, then the Prussian hall of honour, the East German Museum of national history and now the German Historical Museum. Two buildings represent two different epochs, two contrasting stories that are presented in a thrilling manner….

    Diagonally opposite the Berlin City Palace on the “Unter den Linden” boulevard, a pompous baroque building was erected at great expense in 1695: the Armoury. It was used exclusively as the imperial weapons arsenal and was designed to make sure everybody noticed how big it was. In spite of all its ornamentation the building appeared too modern to many critics of the day, who claimed that it did not fit in to the cityscape. This film by Jeremy J.P. Fekete in the ARTE series “Building on the Past” illustrates the phenomenon by with the successful symbiosis of the armoury and the Pei building.

    Cast

    ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
    KommentarsprechereinClaudia Urbschat-Mingues
    Zitat-SprecherDirk Müller
    Zitat-SprecherDieter Knust

    Crew

    ActivityNameComment
    Director of photographyKai Rostásy
    1st assistant cameraKai Lachmann
    HDCam
    HDCam
    DirectorJeremy Jozsef Pierre Fekete
    1st AD (local system)Axel Johannis
    1. AD
    1. AD
    EditorMarkus Aha
    Key gripHelko Klünder
    Best boy electricAxel Renner
    ComposerKris Steininger
    ProducerJörg Schulze
    Production managerChristian Bestmann
    ScreenwriterJeremy Jozsef Pierre Fekete
    Production sound mixerBoris Jöns
    Commissioning editor in chargeHannelore Wolff
    Commissioning editorSoren Schumann

    Production companies

    CompanyComment
    Cine Plus Media Service GmbH & Co.KG [de]

    Awards

    Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
    Jeremy Jozsef Pierre Fekete2007Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao , SP
    ARKITEKTURA-ARQUITECTURA
    ARKITEKTURA-ARQUITECTURANominated
    Jeremy Jozsef Pierre Fekete2006festival di palazzo Venezia,roma
    Concorso Internazionale – Categorie: Architettura
    Concorso Internazionale – Categorie: ArchitetturaNominated

    TV-broadcast

    TypeCountryStationDate / TimeComment
    First showingGermanyarteSaturday, 07/01/2006