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Miklós Németh | ... | Himself - Prime Minister of Hungary 1988-90 |
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Gundula Schafitel | ... | Herself |
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Mathias Rössler | ... | Himself |
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Uta Koch | ... | Herself |
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Reinhard Schmied | ... | Himself |
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Sándor Okányi | ... | Himself |
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Erika Okányi | ... | Herself |
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József Gyabronka | ... | Miklós Németh (voice) |
'1989' is a creative documentary and a high-politics drama about the collapse of the Iron Curtain. A young technocrat, Miklos Nemeth, becomes Hungary's new prime minister to save the country's appalling economy. He decides to remove the expensive border control apparatus from the state budget. A young couple from East Germany is encouraged by the rumours that the Hungarian border to Austria will be opened and decide to make a go for it. But Nemeth's decision has set him up against formidable adversaries and communist hardliners. The young couple are caught up in the political power-game, and the young man is shot dead at the border. This tragic event paradoxically accelerates Nemeth's final decision to open the borders, and soon after the Berlin wall falls.