DEFA Songbook - PASCAL VON WROBLEWSKY AND THE LORA KOSTINA TRIO

The entire GDR is occupied by censors. The entire GDR? No! A village populated by indomitable artists refuses to stop resisting the invaders.

And life is not easy for the actors, musicians, and directors who work as a crew in the fortified DEFA camp.

And they created cinematic masterpieces that were often banned or that used satire or intellectual mimicry to describe life in the GDR and speak between the lines.

The songs from these films are still full of power and beauty; they remind us of the time when we heard them, sang them, and passed them on.

Pascal von Wroblewsky and Lora Kostina—now a dream team—are bringing a selection of these songs to the stage, set to Lora Kostina’s new arrangements based on the poems of Boris Pasternak, and looking back on that era. Not with anger, but critically and lovingly.

+++ Please note: New venue. +++

The WABE is closed for renovations. This event will take place at Schönfließer Straße 7.

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