Chang
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| 5 EUR, reduced 2,50 EUR |
| Book your ticket in advance online or at the box office in the Foyer. |
| recommended from ages 12 and up |
| Ethnographic feature film (silent), restored version with music, USA 1927, 69 minutes, English with German subtitles |
| English |
| Subtitles |
| Ground Floor, Hall 2 |
| Part of: Terrible Beauty film series |
Eye-to-Eye introduction by Salim Albert, school pupil, Berlin
In the jungles of northern Thailand, a paddy farmer and this family enjoy a completely isolated life in harmony with nature. The children play with baby monkies and calves. One day, a leopard kills a goat and a herd of wild elephants threatens their peaceful existence. This semi-documentary adventure movie recounts how the family acquires a young elephant. Chang becomes a guard, a farm animal, and a full fletched member of their household. After extremely turbulent days, the coexistence of humans and wild animals is restored. From today’s perspective the film allows time travelling in a magical era preserved celluloid. The film was made by the directors who later gained worldwide fame with King Kong.