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All Birds Have Nests... (1961)
Directed by Louis van Gasteren
Documentary · 23m
This short essayistic documentary by Louis van Gasteren is an argument for the industrialised building of homes, in the typically optimistic tone of the post-war reconstruction period. In this film, Van Gasteren makes use of elements of Soviet cinema and the French nouvelle vague. In the ’50s, Rotterdam-based contractor Dura built a factory in the Eemhaven district where prefab components for whole blocks of residential buildings could be produced. Together with architect Ernest Groosman, a proponent of reconstruction architecture, Dura built homes at various locations in the Rotterdam area. The building of these ‘Groosman flats’ is shown at a construction site in Rotterdam’s Lombardijen district, accompanied by cheerful jazz music.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Louis van Gasteren
Details
- Original title
- Alle vogels hebben nesten...
- Release date
- 1961-01-01
- Runtime
- 23m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Dutch
- Countries
- Netherlands