Note: This article originally appeared on a site devoted to comparing two different versions of the same story. I decided to discontinue the site because the amount of work that went into the articles was well beyond the attention they received. I'm republishing this one here because it pertains to a film that I've already …
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The Story of a Young Couple
If I were going to show somebody their first East German film, it would not be this one. One common misconception among Americans—and all Westerners, for that matter—is that East German films are nothing but propaganda, intended to promote the state and nothing more. The misconception doesn’t come from any knowledge of the subject or …
East German Cinema Blog 