{"id":36056,"date":"2009-02-07T19:47:08","date_gmt":"2009-02-07T18:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/looks.film\/comrade-couture\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T12:02:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T11:02:38","slug":"comrade-couture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/looks.film\/en\/comrade-couture\/","title":{"rendered":"Comrade Couture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; full_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; parallax=&#8221;content-moving-fade&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;31018&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1590584236135{background-position: center;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;36090&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1590584252482{padding-top: 35px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1590584259727{padding-left: 70px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #00263e;\"><span class=\"label-inline dtable--label\">2008 | Documentary Feature | <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #00263e;\"><span class=\"dtable--txt\"><span class=\"sep-item\">84&#8242; | <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"imdbRatingPlugin\" data-user=\"ur1705756\" data-title=\"tt1363486\" data-style=\"p4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1363486\/?ref_=plg_rt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ia.media-imdb.com\/images\/G\/01\/imdb\/plugins\/rating\/images\/imdb_31x14.png\" alt=\" Ein Traum in Erdbeerfolie (2009) on IMDb\" \/><\/a> <\/span><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,stags=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id)){return;}js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"https:\/\/ia.media-imdb.com\/images\/G\/01\/imdb\/plugins\/rating\/js\/rating.js\";stags.parentNode.insertBefore(js,stags);})(document,\"script\",\"imdb-rating-api\");<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Comrade Couture<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;10px&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1590584266092{padding-left: 60px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1592225845172{margin-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1588330203903{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-right: 50px !important;padding-left: 70px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]&#8221;Comrade Couture&#8221; is a humorous documentary about creativity as the elixir of life \u2013 and the never-ending longing for individual freedom.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Comrade Couture&#8221; is a journey into the wild nether world of the fashionistas and Bohemians of East Berlin. It was a fantasy world within East Germany\u2019s very restricted everyday life. Here you could break ranks, be individual and provocative.<\/p>\n<p>The most important identifying feature of the scene was the development of a personal style, because you couldn\u2019t buy such a thing in GDR times. In this nether world, you had to create your individual image. This film tells of the longing, passions and dreams which were tested, experienced and lived out in the shadow of the Wall.<\/p>\n<p>Director Marco Wilms, who was himself a model at the GDR\u2019s fashion institute at the time, sets out to once more resurrect this life\u2019s unique lifestyle, economic freedom, and longing to be different, in the here and now. He finds the heroes of his youth in East Berlin: designer Sabine von Oettingen, photographer Robert Paris, and stylist and hairdresser Frank Sch\u00e4fer, and explores with them their shining nether world lives.<\/p>\n<p>Two decades later, the members and friends of the legendary East Berlin avantgarde fashion theatres &#8220;Chic, Charmant und Dauerhaft&#8221; (Chic, Charming and Enduring) and &#8220;Allerleirauh&#8221; (All-Kinds-of-Fur) meet again at a \u00bbsubversive\u00ab Eastern Bloc Party, initiated by director Marco Wilms.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1592407004763{padding-right: 70px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Press<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/taz.de\/Film-ueber-Mode\/!5603558\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>&#8220;<u>\u2026 is a brash and colourful portrait of East Germany but is free from any nostalgia for life there.<\/u>&#8220;<\/em> \u00a0 <img class=\"alignnone wp-image-34529\" src=\"https:\/\/looks.film\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/taz_Logo-300x133.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"34\" height=\"15\" srcset=\"https:\/\/looks.film\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/taz_Logo-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/looks.film\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/taz_Logo-1024x456.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/looks.film\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/taz_Logo-768x342.jpg 768w, https:\/\/looks.film\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/taz_Logo-1536x683.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/looks.film\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/taz_Logo-2048x911.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 34px) 100vw, 34px\" \/><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<strong>Distribution<\/strong><br \/>\nBettina Offermann | <a href=\"mailto:distribution@looks.film\"><u>distribution@looks.film<\/u><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p><strong>Executive Producer<\/strong><br \/>\nGunnar Dedio | LOOKSfilm<\/p>\n<p><strong>A co-production by<\/strong><br \/>\nLOOKSfilm, HELDENFILM, COBOS Film BV, ZDF<\/p>\n<p><strong>In association with<\/strong><br \/>\nArte, AVRO, ORF, YLE Teema<\/p>\n<p><strong>Writer<\/strong><br \/>\nMarco Wilms<\/p>\n<p><strong>Producer<\/strong><br \/>\nMarlen Burghardt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35490,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[197,165,203,196],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Comrade Couture - LOOKSfilm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Comrade Couture&quot; 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