1989
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Denmark, Germany, Hungary · 2014
1h 25m
Director Anders Østergaard, Erzsébet Rácz
Starring
Genre Documentary, History
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Anders Østergaard’s film is an investigative look at the year the Berlin Wall fell, documenting the events that took place in Hungary as a prelude to the dramatic changes in November 1989. The director recreates the events and leads the audiences deep into the politicians’ secret meeting rooms by using a mix of interviews, archive material and reconstructed scenes and dialogues.
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