Wer zu spät kommt – Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution
Directed by Jürgen Flimm, Claudia Rohe
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The TV documentation reconstructs the incidents between May and November 1989 from the point of view of the Politburo of the GDR (German Democratic Republic). The incidents include the fraud of local elections, the opening of Hungary's borders towards Austria, the ensuing tide of East German refugees to Hungary and Czechoslovakia for transfer to West Germany, the pompous ceremonies at GDR's 40th anniversary, the inept transactions the Politburo took to salvage the situation, the resulting dismissal of their leader Erich Honecker, the international press conference in East Berlin on 9th November 1989, at which Politburo member Günther Schabowski erroneously announced the immediate opening of the 'Iron Curtain', which finally led to the collapse of socialism in the GDR and the other East Bloc countries.Read moreLess
The TV documentation reconstructs the incidents between May and November 1989 from the point of view of the Politburo of the GDR (German Democratic Republic). The incidents include the fraud of local elections, the opening of Hungary's borders towards Austria, the ensuing tide of East German refugees to Hungary and Czechoslovakia for transfer to West Germany, the pompous ceremonies at GDR's 40th anniversary, the inept transactions the Politburo took to salvage the situation, the resulting dismissal of their leader Erich Honecker, the international press conference in East Berlin on 9th November 1989, at which Politburo member Günther Schabowski erroneously announced the immediate opening of the 'Iron Curtain', which finally led to the collapse of socialism in the GDR and the other East Bloc countries.
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The TV documentation reconstructs the incidents between May and November 1989 from the point of view of the Politburo of the GDR (German Democratic Republic). The incidents include the fraud of local elections, the opening of Hungary's borders towards Austria, the ensuing tide of East German refugees to Hungary and Czechoslovakia for transfer to West Germany, the pompous ceremonies at GDR's 40th anniversary, the inept transactions the Politburo took to salvage the situation, the resulting dismissal of their leader Erich Honecker, the international press conference in East Berlin on 9th November 1989, at which Politburo member Günther Schabowski erroneously announced the immediate opening of the 'Iron Curtain', which finally led to the collapse of socialism in the GDR and the other East Bloc countries.
Cast & crew
Hans Christian BlechErich Honecker
Christoph BantzerEgon Krenz
Dirk DautzenbergErich Mielke
Wolfried LierHermann Axen
Edgar BessenSiegfried Lorenz
Ulrich von DobschützSchulz
Hans PaetschHorst Sindermann
Petra ZieserNachrichtensprecherin Angelika UmlaufExplore the crew
- Director
- Jürgen Flimm
- Screenplay
- Cordt Schnibben
- Screenplay
- Klaus Poche
- Editor
- Norbert Kornwald
- Director of Photography
- Kurt Mikler
- Director of Photography
- Manfred Förster
- Director of Photography
- Jürgen Kerp
- Director of Photography
- Wilfried Lonzer
- Director of Photography
- Manfred Ridders
- Producer
- Martin Wiebel
- Director
- Claudia Rohe