{"id":35903,"date":"2019-09-27T16:06:10","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T14:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/looks.film\/?p=35903"},"modified":"2025-01-02T18:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T17:01:06","slug":"countdown-61-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/looks.film\/en\/countdown-61-89\/","title":{"rendered":"Countdown to 1961\/1989"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; full_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; parallax=&#8221;content-moving-fade&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;33158&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1592214139827{background-position: center;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1591350383449{padding-top: 35px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1591350389364{padding-left: 70px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #00263e;\"><span class=\"label-inline dtable--label\">2019 | Documentary | <span class=\"dtable--txt\"><span class=\"sep-item\"><span class=\"label-above dtable--label\">45&#8242;, 2 x 45&#8242;<\/span><\/span><\/span> | <span class=\"imdbRatingPlugin\" data-user=\"ur1705756\" data-title=\"tt10615864\" data-style=\"p4\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt10615864\/?ref_=plg_rt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/ia.media-imdb.com\/images\/G\/01\/imdb\/plugins\/rating\/images\/imdb_31x14.png\" alt=\" Deutschland '89 - Countdown zum Mauerfall (2019) on IMDb\" width=\"31\" height=\"14\" \/> <\/a><\/span><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,stags=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id)){return;}js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"https:\/\/ia.media-imdb.com\/images\/G\/01\/imdb\/plugins\/rating\/js\/rating.js\";stags.parentNode.insertBefore(js,stags);})(document,\"script\",\"imdb-rating-api\");<\/script><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Countdown to 1961\/1989<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;10px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1591350352829{padding-right: 50px !important;padding-left: 70px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>The opening of the Berlin Wall on the evening of November 9, 1989 came as a complete surprise to East and West Germans as it probably did to the whole world. How has this historic moment come about?<\/p>\n<p>This documentary points out ten milestones \u2013 key political and societal events from November 1988 to 89 \u2013 which, like a countdown, ultimately led to the opening and fall of the Berlin Wall. The way the film follows this countdown is based on two narrative pillars: an objective, informative approach along the chronology of the milestones with explanatory graphics and expert interviews; and a subjective, emotive approach to related personal stories using diaries and letters from contemporary witnesses to reveal their thoughts, fears and hopes of the moment.<\/p>\n<p>This official, global-political timeline is enlarged by insights into the private lives and feelings of the people who witnessed these historic events. Thus, the viewer can experience the moments WITH these witnesses: the crazy turns, surprising developments and churning emotions as have been documented in diaries, notes, letters and memoirs. Different perspectives are being introduced: of those supporting the GDR and its socialist system and of others opposing it, adding some \u201cneutral\u201d perspectives of outside observers.<\/p>\n<p>Among them are the cameraman Dieter Hoffmann, who filmed the spectacular escape of a GDR policeman and whose images went around the world; the Hungarian actress Kati Szekely, who together with Armin M\u00fcller Stahl acted in the first feature film about the Berlin Wall \u201cund deine Liebe auch\u201d; and the photographer Dietmar Riemann, who gave up everything in September 1989 and left the GDR in the hope of a better life in the West.<\/p>\n<p>A second documentary \u201cCountdown to 1961: The Construction of the Berlin Wall\u201d, following the same style and approach as this one, will be coming soon.<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1591350315441{padding-right: 70px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Press<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>\u201cUsing original photographs and footage, the film brings to life that period which changed Germany and Europe so fundamentally.\u201d\u00a0 <\/em>epd[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<strong>Distribution<\/strong><br \/>\nBettina Offermann<br \/>\n<u><\/u>Christine Baron<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:distribution@looks.film\"><u>distribution@looks.film<\/u><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>Executive Producer<\/strong><br \/>\nGunnar Dedio<\/p>\n<p><strong>A co-production by<\/strong><br \/>\nLOOKSfilm, ZDFinfo<\/p>\n<p><strong>In association with<\/strong><br \/>\nMediawan Thematics for Toute l\u2019Histoire, Viasat History<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author &amp; 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