Wer zu spät kommt – Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution (1990)
1h 55m
Running Time
January 1, 1990Release Date
Wer zu spät kommt – Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution (1990)
1h 55m
Running Time
January 1, 1990Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Those who come too late – The Politburo experiences the German revolution is the title of a German documentary film from 1990. Hanns Joachim Friedrichs acted as moderator, Günter Schabowski appeared as a contemporary witness.In 1991, Martin Wiebel, Cordt Schnibben, Claudia Rohe, Jürgen Flimm, Hans-Christian Blech and Dirk Dautzenberg received the Adolf Grimme Prize with silver for the film.