Film on social threefolding
Before the Storm, a film by Rainer Schnurre on social threefolding, was shot in Berlin over the summer (Anthroposophy Worldwide 1-2/2020).
The film which had been planned since 2017 was shot between 4 to 24 June, mostly in Berlin (DE), with some additional filming in the Harz mountains. The story: a tramp walks through the German capital writing the words ‘Liberty, Equality, Fraternity’ on streets, bridges and walls. He attracts the attention of four young men – Ben, Yannik, Aaron and Alex. They (the young film team) decide to make a film about him and ask Clara (Doris Buchrucker) to interview him. The first questions arise: why is he doing this? What do these concepts mean? They are followed by a biographical question: what has brought him to the streets? The questions highlight problems in society and why the idea of a threefold social organism has not yet been realized.
The entire filming period seemed to unfold under a lucky star. On 4 January 2020 I had booked accommodation and arranged for the filming to start on 6 June. This turned out to be the first day when up to ten persons were allowed again to meet publicly in Berlin. The whole film was shot outside. Rain was forecast for much of the filming period, but it only rained once for five hours; and although we all got thoroughly drenched, no one got ill.
On 2 July we began cutting the film. On 9 and 10 July we recorded the music in Bielefeld (DE), with Heike Christeleit (vocals) and Andreas Kaling (composition, bass saxophone).
The film is in German; English and Russian translations are in preparation.