Last Exit Alexanderplatz

Last Exit Alexanderplatz discusses the disputed attempt to transform the East-German Alexanderplatz into a Manhattan-like business district. Through interviews with the architects and politicians, involved in re-planning the square in the early 90s, the film highlights the insensitivity that characterized much planning in post-reunification Berlin. But it also depicts a square, which despite all failures is regaining its foothold in the city.

  • Mr. Hans Christian Post
    Director
  • Hans Christian Post
    Writer
  • Hans Christian Post
    Producer
  • Mr. Michael Truckenbrodt
    Producer
  • Dr. Bruno Flierl
    Key Cast
  • Dr. Volker Hassemer
    Key Cast
  • Bodo Fuhrmann
    Key Cast
  • Rudolf Stegers
    Key Cast
  • Hans Kollhoff
    Key Cast
  • Daniel Libeskins
    Key Cast
  • Michael Kny
    Key Cast
  • Manfred Kühne
    Key Cast
  • Dr. Hans Stimmann
    Key Cast
  • Ms. Karoline Schulz
    Editing
  • Ms. Helen Neikes
    Sound design
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    55 minutes 42 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 1, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Denmark
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Architecture Film Festival Lisbon
    Lisbon
    October 4, 2015
    World Premiere
  • Architeture Film Festival Rotterdam
    Rotterdam
    October 10, 2015
    Dutch Premiere
  • Duisburger Filmwoche
    Duisburg
    November 6, 2015
    German Premiere
  • Film & Wein
    Nürnberg
    November 16, 2015
  • Architceture Film Festival Copenhagen (CAFX)
    Copenhagen
    March 20, 2016
    Danish premiere
  • Budapest Architecture Film Festival
    Budapest
    Hungary
    March 5, 2016
    Hungarian premiere
  • Achtung Berlin
    Berlin
    Germany
    April 14, 2016
    Regional premiere
  • DocAviv
    Tel Aviv
    Israel
    May 20, 2016
    Israelian premiere
  • Architektur + Film
    Erfurt
    Germany
    June 20, 2016
  • Architektur + Film
    Erfurt
    Germany
    June 21, 2016
  • Architektur + Film
    Erfurt
    Germany
    June 22, 2016
  • Architektur + Film
    Erfurt
    Germany
    June 26, 2016
  • Moscow Urban Forum
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    July 1, 2016
    Russian premiere
  • Moscow Urban Forum
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    July 3, 2016
  • National Library, Jerusalem
    Jerusalem
    Israel
    August 4, 2016
  • Milano Design Film Festival, Italy
    Milan
    Italy
    October 3, 2016
    Italian premiere
    Official selection
  • ArchFilmFest
    Istanbul
    Turkey
    October 7, 2016
    Turkish premiere
    Official selection
  • ArchFilmLund
    Lund
    Sweden
    October 9, 2016
    Swedish premiere
    Official selection
  • EkoFilm
    Brno
    Czech Republic
    October 14, 2016
    Czech premiere
    Official selection
  • ArchFilmSthlm
    Stockholm
    Sweden
    December 1, 2016
    Local premiere
    Official selection
  • ARCHITEKTURbewegungULM 10
    Ulm
    Germany
    February 2, 2017
    Local premiere
  • Arkitekturfilm Oslo
    Oslo
    Norway
    February 5, 2017
    Norwegian premiere
    Official selection
  • Architekturfilmtage
    Wolfsburg
    Germany
    March 15, 2017
    Local premiere
  • FICARQ
    Santander
    Spain
    March 4, 2017
    Spanish premiere
    Official selection
  • FECCIARQ

    Nicaragua
    May 24, 2017
    Nicaraguan premiere
    Official selection
  • Rethinking Modernity - Akademie der Künste
    Berlin
    Germany
    September 11, 2017
  • Warszawa w budowie Festival
    Warsaw
    Poland
    September 28, 2017
    Polish premiere
  • Valentiny Foundation

    Luxembourg
    March 9, 2018
    Luxembourg premiere
  • Il Cinema del Carbone
    Mantova
    Italy
    May 3, 2018
    Local premiere
Director Biography - Mr. Hans Christian Post

Hans Christian Post has since 2000 worked on-off in the documentary field. First as a research assistant for Ove Nyholm during the production of the award winning film, "Anatomy of Evil". Later, from 2005 till 2007, as researcher, assistant writer and production leader for the German company, WTS-Mixed Media, who in that period produced documentaries for 3sat and arte.

Since 2014, he has worked independently as film maker and producer. In 2015, he finished his first documentary, "Last Exit Alexanderplatz", which was followed by "Whose City?" in 2017, "We Are Here" in 2019 and "Where to With History?" in 2020.

In addition, he teaches different courses at the Department for the study of Culture at the University of Southern Denmark.

He holds a master’s degree and a PhD in Cultural Studies from the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen. His primary field of research is cultural and urban memory. With Dresden and Berlin as primary cases, he has written extensively on the intertwining of city planning, building preservation, memory, and history politics.

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Director Statement

I am interested in exploring how the cultural sciences can merge with the documentary film genre and produce something that combines scientific research, research dissemination and entertainment, and in this way allows for the cultural sciences to reach larger audiences and have greater impact than is currently the case.