Architect Alex is confronted with a time in his life that he has long repressed, when he is to lead the modernization of post-war style apartment blocks in his hometown. He is reminded of his first great love and the bitter end of a friendship. A film about guilt and responsibility on a small, personal scale. "THE PRIZE is dedicated in a deeply sensitive way to the structures of repression and conformity." (kino-zeit) "Prudently and with great perseverance, Elke Hauck explores the emotional lives of the characters. Her film doesn't want to explain anything or excuse anything. It simply wants to show how it was. And how important it is to face one's own history." (Cinema)
The modernization of post-war style apartment blocks in central Germany becomes a journey into his own GDR past for architect Alexander.
Architect Alex is confronted with a time in his life that he has long repressed, when he is to lead the modernization of post-war style apartment blocks in his hometown. He is reminded of his first great love and the bitter end of a friendship. A film about guilt and responsibility on a small, personal scale.
"THE PRIZE is dedicated in a deeply sensitive way to the structures of repression and conformity." (kino-zeit)
"Prudently and with great perseverance, Elke Hauck explores the emotional lives of the characters. Her film doesn't want to explain anything or excuse anything. It simply wants to show how it was. And how important it is to face one's own history." (Cinema)