Wer zu spät kommt – Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution

Wer zu spät kommt – Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution

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1990
1h 55m
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Overview

The TV documentation reconstructs the incidents between May and November 1989 from the point of view of the Politburo of the GDR (German Democratic Republic). The incidents include the fraud of local elections, the opening of Hungary's borders towards Austria, the ensuing tide of East German refugees to Hungary and Czechoslovakia for transfer to West Germany, the pompous ceremonies at GDR's 40th anniversary, the inept transactions the Politburo took to salvage the situation, the resulting dismissal of their leader Erich Honecker, the international press conference in East Berlin on 9th November 1989, at which Politburo member Günther Schabowski erroneously announced the immediate opening of the 'Iron Curtain', which finally led to the collapse of socialism in the GDR and the other East Bloc countries.

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27 members
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Hans Christian Blech

Erich Honecker

Hans Christian Blech
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Christoph Bantzer

Egon Krenz

Christoph Bantzer
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Dirk Dautzenberg

Erich Mielke

Dirk Dautzenberg
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Friedrich W. Bauschulte

Günther Mittag

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Wolfried Lier

Hermann Axen

Wolfried Lier
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Edgar Bessen

Siegfried Lorenz

Edgar Bessen
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Fritz Lichtenhahn

Hans Modrow

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Ulrich von Dobschütz

Schulz

Ulrich von Dobschütz
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Hans Paetsch

Horst Sindermann

Hans Paetsch
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Petra Zieser

Nachrichtensprecherin Angelika Umlauf

Petra Zieser
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Hanns Joachim Friedrichs

Erzähler

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Günther Flesch

Schabowski

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Rolf Schult

Herrmann

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Kurt Hübner

Hager

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Werner Eichhorn

Tisch

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Walter Stickan

Kessler

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Rolf Illig

Stoph

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Karl-Heinz Gerdesmann

Hänel

Karl-Heinz Gerdesmann
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Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger

Anders

Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger
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Charles Brauer

Dickel

Charles Brauer
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Gernot Duda

Mittig

Gernot Duda
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René Genesis

Danggrieß

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Gerd Heinz

Gorbatschow

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Heinz Lieven

Jahn

Heinz Lieven
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Arno Wüstenhöfer

Mebel

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Ulrich Matschoss

Hoffmann

Ulrich Matschoss
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Hubertus Durek

Reinhold

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