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June 17, 1953 - the day on which workers in the former Soviet Union took a stand against their government for the first time to protest against excessive labor standards. The protests escalated into a political uprising, which was only ended by the Soviet army using tanks. 50 years later, the docudrama "The Uprising" captivatingly depicts the historical events of those days that threatened to unhinge the SED system.Read moreLess
June 17, 1953 - the day on which workers in the former Soviet Union took a stand against their government for the first time to protest against excessive labor standards. The protests escalated into a political uprising, which was only ended by the Soviet army using tanks. 50 years later, the docudrama "The Uprising" captivatingly depicts the historical events of those days that threatened to unhinge the SED system.
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June 17, 1953 - the day on which workers in the former Soviet Union took a stand against their government for the first time to protest against excessive labor standards. The protests escalated into a political uprising, which was only ended by the Soviet army using tanks. 50 years later, the docudrama "The Uprising" captivatingly depicts the historical events of those days that threatened to unhinge the SED system.
Cast & crew
Uwe BohmOtto Pfeng
Dirk BorchardtWächter
Jan Josef LiefersDr. Klaus Kosnitzer
Florian LukasFritz Schenk
Michael KindBrigadier Metzdorf
Herbert KnaupRudolf Herrnstadt
Dieter MannWilhelm Zaisser
Karl KranzkowskiParteisekretär Fischer
Robert GlatzederErnst Stanicke
Heikko DeutschmannGordon Ewing
Axel BuchholzHorst Schlaffke
Günter JunghansWalter UlbrichtExplore the crew
- Director
- Hans-Christoph Blumenberg