1966 was a rough year for film in East Germany. The 11th Plenum of the previous December pulled the rug out from under some of the most intelligent and creative film talent to come out of any country at any time. East German cinema was on the verge of matching the French New Wave in …
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Hot Summer
By the end of the 1960s, it was obvious to all but the most iron-headed autocrats that East Germany was facing a crisis of culture. Despite every effort to seal the public off from the invidious influences of the West, information was getting through, and the young people of the GDR were becoming more and …
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