It is too tempting not to spend a #stayathome afternoon watching (and reviewing) this film in the middle of the 2020 Corona pandemic: Let's rediscover the East German DEFA film “1-2-3 Corona” by Hans Müller premiered in 1948 at the beautiful, still running Babylon Mitte cinema.Summer 1945. A wandering circus sets up on a construction site amidst the ruins of Berlin. Two youth gangs, fighting for survival and the upper hand among the rubble, band together to save an abused and injured circus artist — the boys run through the entire city trying to find a hospital bed, unsuccessfully. So they nurture her back to health with the help of a kind, elderly doctor.
In the establishing shot, we see a wall with official notices stuck to it, one reading “Schools remain closed for the time being.” Continue reading "#Review: 1-2-3 Corona" »
