Title:
The wall : a world divided / produced by Houston PBS ; KUHT-TV ; Spy Pond Productions ; written and directed by Eric Stange.
ISBN:
9781608832767
Edition:
Widescreen version.
Publication Information:
[United States] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2010]
©2010
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from menu screen.
Originally broadcast on PBS on June 28, 2010.
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen; stereo.
Contents:
Introduction -- "No one has any intention to build a wall" -- A matter of life and death -- Daily life in the GDR -- Spark of revolution -- Showdown in Leipzig -- The fall of the wall.
Summary:
Chronicles the history of the Berlin Wall, from its construction in 1961 to the opening in 1989. Examines the lives of ordinary citizens caught in the politics of the Cold War, the extraordinary efforts of East Berliners to cross to the West, and the birth of the freedom movement in East Germany's Protestant Church.
Language Note:
In English with some dialogue in German; subtitled in English for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Audience:
Not rated.
Performer:
Narrator, Joe Morton.
Production Credits:
Producer, Eric Stange ; editors, William A. Anderson, Matthew Brawley ; cinematographers, Steffan Thissen, Matthew Brawley, Fujio Watanabe ; original music, John Kusiak.
OCLC Number:
ocn649743108
Availability:
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