The 1960 doc that predicted your commute nightmare—and thought it was a *good* thing.
In 1959, Hans Bernhard Reichow published his book "Die autogerechte Stadt - Ein Weg aus dem Verkehrs-Chaos" (The car-friendly city - a way out of traffic chaos), in which he proposed a city oriented towards the needs of motorized private transport. This documentary discusses his idea.
Direction
Irene Zander's rare female lens on macho infrastructure dreams.
Production
Glorious mid-century modernist city models you'll want to smash.
Director
Irene Zander
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Reichow's book directly influenced West Germany's post-war Autobahn-obsessed urban renewal, destroying countless historic neighborhoods.
Irene Zander was a rare female documentarian in 1960s DEFA/state-funded cinema; her career remains under-researched.
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