The Beauties from Leipzig
Brief Synopsis
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The nine Miss Leipzig contestants from 1989 are now far from being vacuous beauties. These Eastern German women who are now forty years of age, bear witness to an era and the changes that have since taken place. Moreover, most of them had only taken part in the beauty contest in order to escape, if
Cast & Crew
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Gunther Scholz
Director
Peter Badel
Cinematographer
Gabriele Eglau
Editor
Wolfgang Lindig
Cinematographer
Robert Papst
Original Music
Gunther Scholz
Coproducer
Film Details
Also Known As
Sag Mir, Wo Die Schoenen Sind, Wo Die Schonen Sind
Genre
Documentary
Foreign
Release Date
2008
Production Company
Gunther Scholz Filmproduktion; Speculum Medienproduktion; Westdeutscher Rundfunk (Wdr)
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 30m
Synopsis
The nine Miss Leipzig contestants from 1989 are now far from being vacuous beauties. These Eastern German women who are now forty years of age, bear witness to an era and the changes that have since taken place. Moreover, most of them had only taken part in the beauty contest in order to escape, if only for a short time, from the precariousness of life in the GDR.
Director
Gunther Scholz
Director
Film Details
Also Known As
Sag Mir, Wo Die Schoenen Sind, Wo Die Schonen Sind
Genre
Documentary
Foreign
Release Date
2008
Production Company
Gunther Scholz Filmproduktion; Speculum Medienproduktion; Westdeutscher Rundfunk (Wdr)
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 30m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama Dokumente) February 7-17, 2008.
HD
color
dialogue German
