Hotel Deutschland

Cultural life in Leipzig and Berlin, during and after the 'Wende': Kurt Masur meets 'Messer Banzani', musicians from Connewitz; Heiner Müller and Laurie Anderson shake their heads; Wolfgang Krause-Zwieback makes his rounds; Erich Honecker celebrates his birthday; and the Mercedes logo is turning above a deserted watchtower. These are bad times for satirists. Practically from one day to the next, daily life in East Germany changed fundamentally. Everything which until recently dominated life and work does not matter anymore. The cabaret artist stands on stage helplessly, actors and musicians emigrate, theatres are empty... HOTEL GERMANY offers an insane GDR-collage, a fast-paced journey through a cultural landscape that has vanished. The impressions a West German has of the 'other' Germany.