A statue, with outstretched arm pointing “forward,” is unveiled to thunderous applause. Then one day it points the other way. Once again, thunderous applause!
Direction
Georgi & Stützner's perfect comedic timing in 4 minutes.
Director
Klaus Georgi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made in East Germany mere months after the Berlin Wall fell—animators finally free to mock the system they'd lived under.
The pointing arm directly references socialist realist monuments; the identical crowd faces suggest manufactured consent, not individuality.
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