The weekly market at Wittenbergplatz, from the vendor set-up in the early morning hours to the clean-up in the afternoon, provides an opportunity for sympathetic observation of the customers. The city of market stalls in Berlin’s centre becomes a place where urban and rural intersect. Housewives in a rush meet feisty female farmers, chic ladies, butchers in shirtsleeves, and travelling hawkers.
by
Wilfried Basse
Germany 1929
German intertitles
Documentary form18’ · Black/White · 35 mm
Film Print: Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin