In the mid-fifties, things were getting awfully messy in Berlin. With a border that porous, and two politico-economic structures completely out of sync with each other, it was inevitable that all sorts of shenanigans would occur, usually to the detriment of East Germany. Goods purchased in East Germany, where the state was subsidizing some of …
Tag: Republikflucht
The Flight
One of the joys of East German cinema is watching the way film and reality slam into each other. A perfect example of this is The Flight (Die Flucht), the story of Dr. Schmith, a medical researcher who's torn between staying in East Germany and fleeing to the West. He initially decides to leave the …
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