A documentary about unemployed people who bought fruit and vegetables at moderate prices at the wholesale market and sold these in the streets of Frankfurt. Since they had no permits they were constantly with their bulky carts on the run from the police. One part of the film was shot at the fairgrounds in front of the wholesale market. Newspaper and lottery ticket vendors, propagandists offering their ware for a few pfennigs, all convey the mood of a time when need made people inventive.
The 1931 documentary "Wo wohnen alte Leute" for the Dutch architect Mart Stam exhibits the modern and forward-looking architecture of the Budge home in Frankfurt. Its residents live in a comfortable in light-flooded environment with state-of-the-art single rooms. The film focuses on the presentation of an architecture that with its spatial structure supports the sociability of its residents.
Ella Bergmann-Michel′s second movie "Erwerbslose kochen für Erwerbslose" was a assignment of the association of Frankfurt’s "Erwerblosenküchen" that during the world economy crisis could no longer serve meals for thousands of unemployed persons. The film was shown as a supporting film in many Frankfurt cinemas as well as in outdoor screenings at Frankfurt′s Hauptwache.
