Wer zu spät kommt - Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution

Summary 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. View more details

Wer zu spät kommt - Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution

Directed : Jürgen Flimm Claudia Rohe

Written : Susanne Glaser Cordt Schnibben

Stars : Edgar Bessen Günther Flesch Christoph Bantzer Hanns Joachim Friedrichs

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Genres : Drama

Release date : Dec 21, 1998

Countries of origin : Germany

Language : German

Production companies : WDR Fernsehen

Summary 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. View more details

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Genres : Drama

Release date : Dec 21, 1998

Countries of origin : Germany

Language : German

Production companies : WDR Fernsehen

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