NOTE: Readers of this blog may have noticed how often the term “11th Plenum” crops up in these film reviews. Although I define the term in the…… Read more “The 11th Plenum”
Category: Erich Honecker
The Dove on the Roof
In the early 1970s, the East German authorities made yet another U-turn in their attitude toward the arts. Honecker had replaced Ulbricht as the General Secretary, and…… Read more “The Dove on the Roof”
Her Third
For all of the problems inherent in East Germany’s political system, one area where the east decidedly surpassed the west was in its attitude toward women in…… Read more “Her Third”
