What Would the Drop Know About That? (2008)

A stylized short documentary about the Reichstag building and its foreign cleaning staff. They mop endless corridors, remove dust from lampshades and clean countless windows. In voice-over, they talk about their work and the significance of the building. For example, one man enthusiastically cleans a text embedded in the floor, explaining that some of the letters are more difficult to clean than others - but without understanding the meaning of the text. Set in the center of German democracy, the film takes a philosophical approach to questions of politics and migration.

• Release Date: 2008-06-04
• Runtime: 0h 12min
• Production Company: Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen 'Konrad Wolf'
• Production Country: Germany
• Director: Jan Zabeil