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Berlin Wall: The Night the Iron Curtain Closed

Directed by Ania Poullain-Majchrzak and Bill Thomas
2014    49m
6.4
On the morning of August 13th,1961, the citizens of Berlin woke up to discover their capital had been split in two. In the dead of night, one of Europe's largest cities had been divided by the beginnings of what the world would come to know as the Berlin Wall. Reuters journalist, Adam Kellet-Long, saw tensions rise across the city throughout the summer of '61 and exposed this event to the world.
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Cast of Berlin Wall: The Night the Iron Curtain Closed
  • Tim HardyNarrator
  • Adam Kellett-LongSelf - Former Reuters Berlin Correspondent
  • Anne ApplebaumSelf - Journalist and Author
  • Stefan WolleSelf - Historian
  • Walter UlbrichtSelf
  • Frederick TaylorSelf - Historian
  • Monika FlindtSelf - West Berlin Resident in 1961
  • Hans ModrowSelf
  • Ingrid TaegnerSelf - West Berlin Resident in 1961
  • Erich HoneckerSelf
  • John F. KennedySelf
  • Nikita KhrushchevSelf
  • Günter PiskolSelf
  • Peter ErdmannSelf - West Berlin Resident in 1961
  • Heinz SchäferSelf - Former DDR Police Officer
  • Willy BrandtSelf
  • Peter BaldwinGerman Officer
  • Jon BoylanBorder Guard
  • Tom ButterworthCouncillor
  • Matthew CardHeinz Schäfer
  • Stuart ChambersGerman Officer
  • James DanceKlaus
  • Nick IlottWilly Brandt
  • Robin JonesWalter Ulbricht
  • Phillip XiaAdam Kellett-Long

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