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Retrospective 2023
Filmstill Uprisings in the Soviet Sphere of Influence
Uprisings in the Soviet Sphere of Influence
Ralph Giordano, Hans-Ulrich Barth
Communism as a history of crises: The authors examine the various uprisings in the Soviet sphere of influence and search for similarities and differences.
Filmstill Uprisings in the Soviet Sphere of Influence

Uprisings in the Soviet Sphere of Influence

Aufstände im sowjetischen Machtbereich
Ralph Giordano, Hans-Ulrich Barth
Retrospective 2023
Documentary Film
FRG
1961
24 minutes
German
Subtitles: 
None

The history of communism as the story of its crises: The two authors Ralph Giordano and Hans-Ulrich Barth take up various uprisings and protests to demonstrate the discrepancy between the claim to power and the reality in “socialist imperialism.” A more nuanced light is shed on individual uprisings, while at the same time feeding into stereotypical Cold War images of the enemy.

Katharina Franck, Andreas Kötzing

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Director
Ralph Giordano, Hans-Ulrich Barth
Producer
NDR Norddeutscher Rundfunk / German TV ARD Network