简介：Tothisdayitisconsideredtheprimordialcellofmodernarchitectureanddesign-theBauhaus.But"Bauhaus"doesn'tjustmeanthecubicwhitehousewithflatroof,thesteelpipechair,ortheBauhauslamp.TheBauhauswasalsoaneducationalcenterwhichservesasamodeleventoday.World-renownedartistslikeJohannesItten,WassilyKandinsky,LyonelFeininger,PaulKlee,OskarSchlemmer,WalterGropius,andMiesvanderRohetaughtthere.Thefilmdrawsapictureofthissingularinstitutionofmodernism-fromrevolutionarybeginningsaftertheendofWorldWarItodisintegrationandemigration,coveringsubsequentcareersaswellastheinvolvementofsomeBauhausmembersinnationalsocialistGermany.TheseepisodesarerememberedbyformerBauhausstudentsofbothsexes,mostofthembeingfeaturedthrougharchivalfootage.ThiscomprehensivecriticalaccountoftheartisticandpoliticalaimsofBauhausinafilmportraitgivesinsightintotheessenceofBauhausprinciples,theconflictsthatleadtorelocationfromWeimartoDessau,thedisbandingoftheschoolduringtheNaziera,theconstructionworkintheyoungstateofIsrael,andthedevelopmentoftheBauhausmythintheUSA.…