Von Icke bis Platt – Wie in Berlin und Brandenburg ursprünglich gesprochen wird

In the organizer's words:

Documentary film, 93 minutes, Director: Gerald Backhaus,
Germany 2024

From the Oder to the Havel, from the Spree to the Dosse. The federal state of Brandenburg and the city-state of Berlin in the middle are very diverse in terms of landscape, history and inhabitants.

And how is and was the language traditionally spoken here?
"We went in search of the much-vaunted and much-maligned Berlin dialect and visited people who still speak the Low German dialect that has shaped Brandenburg so much," says director Gerald Backhaus. Together with cameraman Martin König, he got to the bottom of the phenomenon of the original language in Berlin and Brandenburg in his new documentary "Von Icke bis Platt".

Filmmaker Gerald Backhaus has been exploring the dialects in his old homeland of Thuringia for some time now, which has led to two documentaries "Thüringen, Deine Sprache". From 2022 to 2024, the Berliner-by-choice captured how people here speak in the various regions and districts, taking a "look at the people's mouths".

Price information:

Admission free