

Neubauten before they were legends, grinding metal in '85 Berlin—pure underground chaos on tape.
A voyeuristic panorama of a specific moment in the German independent music scene.
Direction
Kelling and Büld's fly-on-the-wall intimacy—no talking heads, just sweat.
Practical Effects
Actual power tools as instruments, no safety gear, genuine danger.
Director
Sissy Kelling
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on borrowed 16mm stock over three weekends; most footage was nearly lost in a flooded editing suite in 1987.
This predates Wim Wenders' 'Wings of Desire' by two years—same Berlin, same angels of decay, zero budget.