Summary Katarina Witt is the most successful female athlete in the history of figure skating with two Olympic victories, four world championship and six European championship titles. She combines East German identity with international flair and is to this day the "most beautiful face of socialism" - and the most internationally known citizen of the former GDR. She has reinvented herself again and again: as an East German ice princess, as an international show star, as an ambassador for sport. To this day, she confidently stands by her GDR origins, which many give her high credit, but which also brought her hostility. View more details
Directed : Jobst Knigge
Written : Jobst Knigge
Stars : Richard Dean Anderson Sandra Bezic Berno Bahro Brian Boitano
Genres : Biography Documentary
Release date : Sep 22, 2020
Countries of origin : Germany
Language : German
Production companies : ARTE Vincent Productions MDR Fernsehen
Summary Katarina Witt is the most successful female athlete in the history of figure skating with two Olympic victories, four world championship and six European championship titles. She combines East German identity with international flair and is to this day the "most beautiful face of socialism" - and the most internationally known citizen of the former GDR. She has reinvented herself again and again: as an East German ice princess, as an international show star, as an ambassador for sport. To this day, she confidently stands by her GDR origins, which many give her high credit, but which also brought her hostility. View more details
Genres : Biography Documentary
Release date : Sep 22, 2020
Countries of origin : Germany
Language : German
Production companies : ARTE Vincent Productions MDR Fernsehen