CYANKALI §218

A pregnant woman who deliberately terminates her pregnancy or kills her fetus in her womb, shall be liable to imprisonment up to five years. Paragraph 218, Criminal Code of the German Reich.

Berlin, working-class neighbourhood of Wedding, 1929. Paragraph 218 of the Criminal Code of German Reich, which illegalizes abortion, is effective. In the midst of the economic crisis, a young worker Hete seeks help to terminate her pregnancy due to social reasons. This search leads her to the tragic end.

The acclaimed German play CYANKALI §218 was written by doctor, artist and communist Friedrich Wolf in 1929. It served as a weapon in fight for women’s and workers’ rights. It was created as a part of a huge social movement to legalize abortion in Germany.

CYANKALI §218, Croatian premiere of Friedrich Wolf’s play, is a cross-media project by the art collective MONTAЖ$TROJ. The project includes sound reconstruction of the play in eight episodes, as well as the audio-visual and textual content available on the official website of the project.

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Text: Friedrich Wolf / Translation: MONTAЖ$TROJ / Voice cast: Daria Lorenci Flatz, Tihana Lazović, Adrian Pezdirc, Sven Jakir, Ante Perković, Dado Ćosić, Suzana Nikolić, Goran Grgić, Nina Violić, Vilim Matula, Bojan Navojec, Lukrecija Tudor, Urša Raukar / Narrator: Ivana Dragičević / Audio material director: Borut Šeparović / Audio material dramaturgy: Ante Perković, Borut Šeparović, Nataša Mihoci / Assistant dramaturg: Dora Golub / Audio material recording: Konrad Mulvaj / Audio material editing: Konrad Mulvaj / Sound design: Ante Perković, Konrad Mulvaj, Borut Šeparović / Music: Ante Perković – "Christian Schulze", Arvo Pärt – "Variations for the Healing of Arinushka" (obrada i izvedba – Murcof x Vanessa Wagner), Hanns Eisler i Erich Weinert – "Der heimliche Aufmarsch" / Hypertext: Borut Šeparović, Nataša Mihoci / Concept and direction: Borut Šeparović / Research: Maja Lay, Maja Adžaga, Dora Golub, Dorotea Šušak, Marin Lisjak, Tea Matanović, Nataša Mihoci, Petra Prša / Video director: Borut Šeparović / Camera: Konrad Mulvaj / Video editing: Dejan Oblak, Nataša Mihoci / Camera assistant: Dora Golub / Video animation: Konrad Mulvaj, Dejan Oblak / Photography: Damir Žižić / Graphic design: Konrad Mulvaj / Website: Hrvoje Blažeković / Public relations: Nataša Mihoci / Social media: MONTAЖ$TROJ / Executive producers: Petra Prša, Borut Šeparović / Production assistants: Maja Lay, Maja Adžaga / Coordination: Nataša Mihoci / Special thanks: Dora Maganić, Ana Stunić, Anda Bukvić, Vedrana Hozjan, Zlatko Paković, Gorjana Gjurić, Jasenka Grujić, Dubravko Lepušić, Kolektiv Oaza, Stipe Ćurković, Jasna Žmak, Dino Brazzoduro, Snježana Božin, Jasmina Vukas, Daniel Pošta, Centar za edukaciju i istraživanje CESI / Financed by: Ministarstvo kulture Republike Hrvatske, Grad Zagreb, Zaklada Kultura nova, Goethe institut Hrvatska / Technical support: Visual impact, Končar / Production: MONTAЖ$TROJ

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