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Documentary that examines life and dissent in East Germany from 1949-1989. | Add synopsis »

Cast

 
Konrad Adenauer ... Himself - First Chancellor of Germany (archive footage)
Günter Bazyli ... Himself - GDR Border Guard Officer
Wolf Biermann ... Himself - Friend of Robert Havemann
Bertolt Brecht ... Himself (archive footage)
Leonid Brezhnev ... Himself (archive footage)
Gerd Bäcker ... Himself - STASI Colonel
Alexander Dubcek ... Himself (archive footage)
Peter Eich ... Himself
Peter Ensikat ... Himself - Writer
Rainer Eppelmann ... Himself (as Pastor Rainer Eppelmann)

Nick Fraser ... Narrator (BBC)
Jürgen Fuchs ... Himself - Writer
Christian Führer ... Himself (as Pastor Christian Führer)

Mikhail Gorbachev ... Himself (archive footage)
Günter Grass ... Himself - Writer
Karin Gueffroy ... Herself

Corinna Harfouch ... Herself - Actress
Harald Hauswald ... Himself - Photographer

Václav Havel ... Himself
Katja Havemann ... Herself - Wife of Robert Havemann
Robert Havemann ... Himself (archive footage)
Stefan Heym ... Himself - Writer (archive footage)
Johann Holm ... Himself - STASI Operative
Erich Honecker ... Himself - General Secretary of the SED (archive footage)
Father Jordanus ... Himself
Nikita Khrushchev ... Himself (archive footage)
Hagen Koch ... Himself - GDR Border Guard Regiment
Egon Krenz ... Himself
Reiner Kunze ... Himself - Writer
Erich Mielke ... Himself (archive footage)
Ehrhart Neubert ... Himself - Pastor
Gerd Poppe ... Initiative for Peace and Human Rights (archive footage)
Günter Schabowski ... Himself - Accused Politburo Minister
Karl Schirdewan ... Himself (archive footage)
Hans-Joachin Schädlich ... Himself - Writer
Anna Seghers ... Herself (archive footage)
Steffie Spira ... Herself (archive footage)
Wolfgang Templin ... Himself - Student STASI Informer
Ernst Thälmann ... Himself (At Communist Rally) (archive footage)
Günter Toepfer ... Himself - Imprisoned After Failed Border Escape
Walter Ulbricht ... Himself - General Secretary of the S.E.D. (archive footage)
Richard von Weizsäcker ... Himself - Former President of Germany

Lech Walesa ... Himself (archive footage)
Bettina Wegner ... Herself - Singer / Songwriter
Kurt Zeiseweiss ... Himself - STASI Officer

Winston Churchill ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hermann Göring ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Stalin ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harry S. Truman ... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Directed by
Hava Kohav Beller 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Hava Kohav Beller 

Produced by
Michael Schwarz .... line producer
 
Original Music by
Joel Goodman 
 
Film Editing by
Markus Akira Peters 
Lawrence Silk 
 
Production Management
Birgit Schmidt .... production manager
Robert Warmflash .... post-production supervisor
 
Sound Department
Rick Barlis .... symphony editor
Frank Behnke .... sound
Ed Cantu .... sound
Ken Hahn .... sound mixer
Klaus Heidemann .... sound
Peter Henrici .... sound
Norbert Klix .... sound
Kai Lüde .... sound
Bill Markle .... sound post-production
Paul Oberle .... sound
Tom Pager .... sound mixer: BBC
Udo Radek .... sound
Wolfgang Schütze .... sound
Rolf Teigler .... sound
Marc von Stürler .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Isabelle Arnold .... assistant camera
Siegmar Brüggenthies .... additional camera operator: Germany
Volker Ehlers .... assistant camera
Harald Hauswald .... still photographer
Judith Kaufmann .... camera operator
Michael Khano .... additional camera operator: Germany
Harald Klix .... camera operator
Martin Kukula .... additional camera operator: Germany
Christoph Lerch .... camera operator
Mathias Papenmeier .... assistant camera
Robert Patzelt .... assistant camera
Volker Rodde .... additional camera operator: Germany
Siegbert Schelke .... additional camera operator: Germany
Dorothea von Haeften .... still photographer
 
Editorial Department
Rick Barlis .... color corrector
Nigel Hutchinson .... editor: BBC
 
Music Department
David Bramfitt .... music copyist
Jeanne DaSilva .... music supervisor
Lawrence Manchester .... music engineer
 
Transportation Department
Andreas von Beerleide .... production driver
 
Other crew
Hava Kohav Beller .... archival researcher
Thomas Beller .... script consultant
John Crowley .... script consultant
Istvan Deak .... consultant (as Professor Istvan Deak)
Jörg Grossmann .... second manager: Germany
Klaus-Dietmar Henke .... consultant (as Professor Klaus-Dietmar Henke)
Rainer Hildebrandt .... consultant
Henry Krisch .... consultant (as Professor Henry Krisch)
Ives Krol .... location manager
Hermann Weber .... consultant (as Professor Hermann Weber)
 

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115 min | Finland:89 min
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