this modern life i'm from my working on a remake of berlin alexanderplatz based on the novel by alfred berkeley written in one thousand nine hundred thirty but we're setting it in the modern day in twenty eighteen my main character is a refugee a man who made his way across the sea by boat and has landed in berlin now he's trying to find his way in this strange new world this new germany because of the. comma has already won a german film price his latest film premiered at the barely know a school class the communist east germany observes a minute's silence for those killed in hungary an uprising of nine hundred fifty six with dramatic consequences. the fact that the other side of revolution is about an extraordinary situation ordinary schoolchildren put under extreme pressure in the early days of communist east germany it's about the moment of political awakening in the life of every young adult. that advance brand of political film is quite different. not that kind of image i don't make films that are just comedy but i think especially with serious topics humor is important and helps to make