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Release Date:
January 1, 1965
Original Title:
Deutschland - Terminus Ost
Alternate Titles:
Bilder von drüben - Ein Ausländer sieht die DDR
Die DDR mit den Augen eines Ausländers gesehen
Talking with Germans
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
DEFA-Studio für Wochenschau und Dokumentarfilme
Production Countries:
Dominica | East Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 84
The Belgian documentarian Frans Buyens interviewed passers-by in East Berlin and Dresden, factory workers and technical draftswomen at the Warnow shipyard in Stralsund, small business owners in Chemnitz, LPG farmers in the countryside, foreign students at the Gottfried Herder Institute in Leipzig and industrial workers in Magdeburg and Eisenhuettenstadt. "The GDR seen through the eyes of a foreigner" was the original title of the film. A few years after the Wall was built, Buyens documented the approval, disapproval and fears of the interviewees.
Director:
Frans Buyens
Director of Photography:
Hans-Eberhard Leupold
Editor:
Lucien Vivier
Editorial Staff:
Paul Ickler
Producer:
Frans Buyens
Production Director:
Gerhard Abraham
Sound:
Hans-Jürgen Mittag
Writer:
Frans Buyens
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