Our Children (1989)

Overview : From an official perspective, marginal youth culture did not exist in East Germany. The topic of subcultures was taboo in the GDR, and groups such as goths, skinheads, anti-skins, punks and neo-Nazis were dismissed as social deviations promoted by western countries. Director Roland Steiner had access to such young East Germans in the late 1980s. Over the course of four years, he brought them before the camera in an attempt to understand what drew them to these groups.

Release Date : November 1, 1989

Runtime : 88m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : DEFA-Studio für Wochenschau und Dokumentarfilme

Countries : East Germany, Germany

Keywords : puberty, german democratic republic