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Raiders of the Lost Mind - Mischief and Insubordination in GDR Puppet Shows 28. November 2024

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What declares itself to be nonsense declares itself to be harmless. Supposedly. Because the consequence of such self-determination is the famous jester's license, which a theatre troup in the GDR also claimed for themselves in the 1980s when they called themselves “Zinnober” and began making Punch and Judy shows for adults. Their play “Die Jäger des verlorenen Verstandes” (The Raiders of the Lost Mind) can easily be read by the audience as a mockery of the GDR state system and its toleration is hard to believe in retrospect - but true.

As part of the Kontrapunkte project, Sylvie Kürsten and Zinnober director Steffen Reck have made a film for us about Die Jäger des verlorenen Verstandes ("Raiders of the Lost Mind") and its reception. It features not only the people from “Zinnober” and the puppet theater collection, but also a former president of the German Bundestag, who, like so many GDR citizens, witnessed the play at the time and retains fond memories of it to this day. The puppets and stage from the play are now housed by the Puppet Theater Collection at Kraftwerk Mitte and can be seen there in the permanent exhibition.

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is a documentary film director, cultural journalist and presenter. In 2016, she was among the winners of the Grimme Prize for the series “Art and Crime” (ZDF/3sat). One focus of her many works in print, film and sound is the art and culture of East Germany. She is currently working on a film about the Chemnitz artist group Clara Mosch.

is a theater and film director. In 1981, he founded the group “Zinnober” with a number of colleagues, with whom he developed the play “Die Jäger des verlorenen Verstandes”, among others. His work includes not only a large number of plays and films, but also video works and participation in exhibitions.

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