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A Proletarian Winter's Tale Ein proletarisches Wintermärchen

Julian Radlmaier / Germany / 2014 / 63 min / German, Georgian

A Shakespearian and revolutionary critique of the neoliberal oppression of the working classes, a tragicomedy about the conspiracy of the authorities and above all an honest homage to laziness, which, when taken to extremes, can become a tool for revolution.

Three young Georgians have to clean a castle in Berlin, where a German arms manufacturer's art collection is being set up for an exhibition. Of course, the proletariat isn't welcome at the opening ceremony and they are banished to the dark and dank basement. Upstairs, however, a splendid buffet attracts them – so why not just ignore the unfair prohibition and cross the line of class society? Didn't the French Revolution start over a piece of cake?

»Perhaps, the seeming complexity of neoliberal society has to be tackled with a utopian naivety. With the seeming simplicity of early cinema. With a formalist comedy. With a proletarian winter’s tale.« (Julian Radlmaier)

Julian Radlmaier
Born in 1984, in Nürnberg, Germany. Having graduated in film theory and art history in Berlin and Paris, he was the assistant director for Werner Schroeter and also worked as a translator and editor of theoretical writings by the French philosopher Jacques Rancière. In 2009 he took up the study of directing at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin. A Proletarian Winter's Tale marks his debut feature. 

filmography
2010 The Tramp (short)
2011 Der Aufstand der Plebejer (short)
2013 Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa (A Spectre Is Haunting Europe) (short)
2014 Ein proletarisches Wintermärchen (A Proletarian Winter's Tale/Proletarska zimska pravljica)

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