Something to Do with the Wall 33 years old

In 1986, Ross McElwee (Sherman's March) and Marilyn Levine were making a film about the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, when the imposing structure was still very much intact as the world’s most visible symbol of hardline Communism and Cold War lore. They thought they were making a documentary on the community of tourists, soldiers, and West Berliners who lived in the seemingly eternal presence of the graffiti emblazoned eyesore. But in 1989, as the original film neared completion, the Wall came down, and McElwee and Levine returned to Berlin, this time to capture the radically different atmosphere of the reunified city.

Credits

Something to Do with the Wall Cast

Name Character
Ross McElwee He was 43, now 76 years old as Narrator

Something to Do with the Wall Crew

Name Department
Ross McElwee as Director of Photography. He was 43 (now 76) years old Camera
Ross McElwee as Director. He was 43 (now 76) years old Directing
Richard Bock as Sound mixer. He was 64 (21) years old when He died Sound
Something to Do with the Wall (33 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, April 03, 1991
  • Runtime: 88 minutes