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Małgorzata Bieńkowska-Buehlmann
Refugees from the GDR in Warsaw, shortly before the fall of the Wall. Emotional fates, unfiltered. The interviews were forgotten and only re-discovered 20 years later.
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Małgorzata Bieńkowska-Buehlmann
Retrospective 2023
Documentary Film
Poland
1991
29 minutes
Polish,
German

Shortly before the fall of the Wall, tens of thousands of GDR citizens fled to the West, most of them via Hungary. Many ended up stranded in the West German embassies in Prague and Warsaw. Refugees from the GDR were interviewed in Poland, speaking openly and emotionally of their fates. The footage was forgotten and only re-discovered 20 years later.

Katharina Franck, Andreas Kötzing

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Director
Małgorzata Bieńkowska-Buehlmann
Cinematographer
Andrzej Adamczak
Editor
Katarzyna Rudnik
Producer
Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych
Sound
Ryszard Krupa