English (en-US)

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Up to the Border - A Personal View About the Berlin Wall

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Sunday, August 13th 1961, the government of the German Democratic Republic lays the foundation

stone for the 'ugliest monument in the world'. Some people start pulling their 8mm-cameras out of their cupboards to capture the images of the events. On the base of these extraordinary, widely unknown recordings and found footage, Claus Oppermann und Gerald Grotes first feature film tells many impressive forgotten stories about the rise of the Berlin Wall in 1961 to its fall in 1989, about the division of Germany and a bloody borderline through the middle of Europe.

A unique documentary, put together out of hundreds of previously unreleased substandard films that have never been seen like this before. Many private archives were opened for the first time - a time travel, well worth seeing.

1h 35m

https://german-documentaries.de/en_EN/films/up-to-the-border-a-personal-view-about-the.6822

Dutch; Flemish (nl-NL)

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Zondag 13 augustus 1961 legt de regering van de Duitse Democratische Republiek de basis steen voor het 'lelijkste monument ter wereld'. Sommige mensen halen hun 8mm-camera's uit hun kast om de beelden van de gebeurtenissen vast te leggen. Aan de hand van deze buitengewone, alom onbekende opnames en found footage vertelt Claus Oppermann und Gerald Grotes eerste speelfilm vele indrukwekkende vergeten verhalen over de opkomst van de Berlijnse Muur in 1961 tot de val ervan in 1989, over de deling van Duitsland en een bloedige grens door het midden van Europa. Een unieke documentaire, samengesteld uit honderden niet eerder uitgebrachte ondermaatse films die nog nooit eerder zo zijn gezien. Veel privé-archieven werden voor het eerst geopend - een tijdreis, zeker de moeite waard.

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