Interview mit Fritz Pleitgen

In March 2020 Werkleitz met with the journalist Fritz Pleitgen. As correspondent in East Berlin from 1977 to 1982 for WDR [West German Broadcasting Cologne], he was responsible for covering East Germany. His two films Das Rote Mansfeld [Red Mansfeld] (with Lutz Lehmann, 1981) and Land der Legenden – Fritz Pleitgen im „Roten Mansfeld“ [Land of Legends – Fritz Pleitgen in Red Mansfeld] (2005) are an integral part of the narrative about the region. For Unter uns we asked him to explain his personal views of the distinct social conditions in 1981 and 2005. The complete interview will be presented in the Unter Uns film space from October 23 to 25 in the St. Jakobi Church in Hettstedt as part of the Werkleitz Festival 2020. > Information and Teaser