Wer zu spät kommt – Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1990

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Cast

Werner Eichhorn,Ulrich Matschoss,Wolfried Lier,Hans Paetsch,Petra Zieser,Rolf Illig,Gernot Duda,Hubertus Durek,Hans Christian Blech,Kurt Hübnerand 17 more

Director

Claudia Rohe,Jürgen Flimm

Writer

Klaus Poche,Cordt Schnibben

Producer

Martin Wiebel

Cinematography

Manfred Ridders,Wilfried Lonzer,Kurt Mikler,Manfred Förster,Jürgen Kerp

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0262111