What happens to a fire department when its town never has any fires? That was the idea behind TruTV’s comedy Tacoma FD. But it wasn’t the first time someone thought of this. It’s also the concept behind Set a Fire, the Fire Brigade Is Coming (Zünd an, es kommt die Feuerwehr), the 1979 East German …
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Sons of the Great Bear
Westerns in East Germany? At first glance, it seems like an absurd proposition, but, in fact, DEFA made twelve of these films during its forty years of existence. While it's easy to laugh at the idea of Germans and Yugoslavians pretending to be American Indians, is it any worse than what Hollywood had to offer …
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