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Look at this City
Look at this City
Fast-paced montage of the history of Berlin WWII to 1961 argues that the Wall was a defensive necessity against Communism's Cold War enemies. A strikingly modernist documentary in support of the Berlin Wall.
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Destinies of Women
Destinies of Women
Berlin, seven years after WWII. Four women are looking for happiness and a good man in the divided city. Their destinies are loosely connected through one person: the West Berlin dandy and womanizer, Conny. Now seen as a richly contradictory work by the Dudow/Eisler/Brecht creative team that also made Kuhle Wampe in 1932.
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Somewhere in Berlin
Somewhere in Berlin
After WWII, Berlin lies in ruins. For Gustav, Willi and their friends the rubble provides an adventurous, dangerous playground. Especially for Gustav, it helps pass the time, as he longs for his father’s return from a POW camp. One day a stranger arrives, looking helpless and hopeless… By the director Gerhard Lamprecht, who also directed Emil and the Detectives (1931, script Billy Wilder).
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And Your Love Too (Release: September 2010)
And Your Love Too (Release: September 2010)
On August 13th, 1961—the night that the Berlin Wall goes up—three people must make a decision that will change their lives forever…. The border guard between East and West is played by Armin Mueller-Stahl - one of his first major film roles.
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Stars (Release: Fall 2010)
Stars (Release: Fall 2010)
Stationed in a secluded Bulgarian village in 1943, Walter, an artist and sergeant in the Wehrmacht, lives an almost idyllic life far away from the war. Then one day, a transit camp is set up for Jews arriving from Greece. Ruth, one of the Greek Jews, asks Walter to help a pregnant woman in the camp. At first he refuses, but then changes his mind and sends a doctor into the camp...
Stars was awarded with the Special Grand Jury Prize at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival.
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