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Wer zu spät kommt – Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution

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.

Top Cast

  • Hans Christian Blech

    Hans Christian Blech

    Erich Honecker

  • Christoph Bantzer

    Christoph Bantzer

    Egon Krenz

  • Dirk Dautzenberg

    Dirk Dautzenberg

    Erich Mielke

  • Friedrich W. Bauschulte

    Friedrich W. Bauschulte

    Günther Mittag

  • Wolfried Lier

    Wolfried Lier

    Hermann Axen

  • Edgar Bessen

    Edgar Bessen

    Siegfried Lorenz

  • Fritz Lichtenhahn

    Fritz Lichtenhahn

    Hans Modrow

  • Ulrich von Dobschütz

    Ulrich von Dobschütz

    Schulz

  • Hans Paetsch

    Hans Paetsch

    Horst Sindermann

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.

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