Three Decades Later
Volker Kastius
A visit to Volgograd exemplifies the GDR’s handling of the Nazi past: Germans are declared victims and resistance fighters against the Nazi regime.
Three Decades Later
Drei Jahrzehnte später
Volker Kastius
Matinee Saxon State Archive 2023
Documentary Film
GDR
1977
15 minutes
German
Subtitles:
None
A representative of the Volgograd Section of the German-Soviet Friendship Society recalls German “comrades who fought against Hitler here […] and at other front sectors.” Equalisation with the people in the Soviet Union is completed at the Mamayev Kurgan memorial: The (German) visitors merge with the survivors who mourn their fallen.
Credits
Director
Volker Kastius
Cinematographer
Willy Reitze
Producer
Amateurfilmstudio VEB Elektromotorenwerk Wernigerode
