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'The Wonderous World of Laundry': forgiving free market in Berlin and Warsaw
The global credit crunch has quickly established it self to be a test of European solidarity. The government in Berlin faces a particularly difficult challenge as 2009 brings them the presidential elections and the elections for European parliament. This is also the time to fulfil the promise of opening up the German labour market to the ten new EU states, including Poland. Will pre-election fever deal with the ever-increasing unemployment on both sides of the Odra River – without compromising the strong relationship between Berlin and Warsaw?
film, borders, berlin, berlinale, work, labour market, european union
Interview with actor Paweł Szajda: ‘I was used to a kind of dictatorship on the set’
On 13 February, the Polish film Tatarak by director Andrzej Wajda closes the Berlin Film Festival. The 27-year-old lead actor, a sort of Polish-American David Kross, tells us why he wants to return to his European roots
film, love, film, berlin, berlinale, paweł szajda, andrzej wajda
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