Wer zu spät kommt – Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution (1990) is a Documentary / TV Movie film directed by Jürgen Flimm, starring Hans Christian Blech, Christoph Bantzer, Dirk Dautzenberg.
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.
Hans Christian Blech, Christoph Bantzer, Dirk Dautzenberg, Friedrich W. Bauschulte, Wolfried Lier, Edgar Bessen, Fritz Lichtenhahn, Ulrich von Dobschütz
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Find a movie by describing itThe 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.
Wer zu spät kommt – Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution was released in 1990.
The cast includes Hans Christian Blech, Christoph Bantzer, Dirk Dautzenberg, Friedrich W. Bauschulte.
