Movie

Make or Break

Biegen und Brechen

Because his single mother criticised the state, Alex was sent to a special children’s home at the age of eleven, in order to shape him – like almost 500,000 children in the GDR – into a “socialist personality”. He escaped and ended up as a punishment at the Torgau Closed Juvenile Detention Centre, more prison than social institution. His life was now dominated by military drill and violence … Reduced rotoscope images follow Alex’s memories and show how the trauma affects him even today.

Screenplay

Mike Plitt

Director

Mike Plitt

Director

Falk Schuster

Status

Released

Release date

19/10/2022

Original language

German