Documentary · East Germany · 1982 · 6m

Books Are Bread and Human Beings Need Them

Bücher sind Brot, dessen der Mensch bedarf

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A quote by literary figure Johannes R. Becher, first Minister of Culture of the GDR, supplies the title of this film about the 1982 International Book Art Exhibition. Sensitively composed images embed the IBA in the hustle and bustle of Leipzig. Old and new shots of the city, in black and white and in colour, take us to some of the 82 national booths of this book art contest, accompanied by atmospheric piano music.

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