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Berlin Escape Artists

Audience Score
70
Berlin Escape Artists
NR 53 minHistory, Documentary
An ideological and physical barrier fell on 9 November 1989 in Berlin For 28 years this 155 km wall divided Germany in two separating friends and family The recent discovery of some documents reveals the stories of those who managed to escape to join their loved ones or simply to regain their freedom Demonstrating imagination and courage some dug tunnels to get under the Berlin Wall others inflated balloons to fly over it while others disguised themselves with fake uniforms By combining archives reconstitution sequences and intrigue scenes this documentary plunges us into a Berlin that has now disappeared through the prism of the art of escape under the GDR

Movie Details

Original Language:German
Production Companies:Flair Productions AlphaZoulou Films ZDFArte France Télévisions Radio Canada Productions