DEFA Maverick: The Films of Ulrich Weiß

Ulrich Weiß is one of the great DEFA directors, one who broke taboos and rules, an independent mind in line with no period or society, a maverick. Breaks occur with him out of necessity: He thinks along different paths than the customary one, far away from conventions. His unbiased, often naïve view of reality frequently leads him to paradoxes, and in paradoxism the tragicomedy often appears. This leads to pictorial solutions and forms that that are surprising, astounding, disconcerting, and disturbing.