Berlin Babylon

Germany

2001

88 Min

Color, Black and White

1.85:1

English, German

Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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CAST Gunter Behnisch, Werner Durth, Helmut Jahn, Josef Paul Kleihues, Hans Kollhoff, Rem Koolhaas, I.M. Pei, Renzo Piano

Berlin Babylon is a 2001 documentary film directed by Hubertus Siegert with industrial music performed by Einstürzende Neubauten. The film’s main focus is on the extensive rebuilding projects in Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall. It features internationally acclaimed architects including Rem Koolhaas, Renzo Piano and I.M. Pei.

Some sequences are characterized by time-lapse photography along with the narration of Der Engel der Geschichte (the Angel of History). The documentary also contains stock footage of demolitions of the buildings which were left to stand in ruins after the second world war. —Wikipedia