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Release Date:
November 14, 2013
Original Title:
Zonenmädchen
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
ARTE
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MDR
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 75
In her documentary, director Sabine Michel revisits her own experiences during the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and Germany's subsequent reunification, as well as those of her four friends Claudi, Vera, Claudia and Veruscha. The five women were about 18 years old at that time, and belonged to the last school class in Dresden to graduate in the German Democratic Republic. The country and society school had prepared them for suddenly ceased to exist, thus they had to completely start anew. More than twenty years later, the five women travel to Paris together. During the train ride, they talk about their former dreams and aspirations, and how different their lives turned out to be.
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