Berliner Ballade
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France · 1990
25m
Director Chris Marker
Starring Catherine Belkhodja, Wolf Biermann, Stephan Hermlin, Jürgen Böttcher
Genre Documentary
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Several months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, during the 1990 German federal elections, Chris Maker shoots this short documentary about the state of Berlin and its people for a television special. Through testimonials and images of a reunited Berlin, Maker captures the chaotic, bewildered spirit of a powerful moment in German history.
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