The Ascending Path (1950)
• October 5th, 1950 • 1h 21min
Documentary
Overview
The economic and cultural improvements of the Soviet Occupied Sector are documented with scenes from the years 1945 to 1950. The film deals with the land reform, the founding of the Socialist Unity Party, the expropriation of war criminals, the founding of the GDR and the first Five Year Plan in July 1950. Special attention is dedicated to the setup of the steel industry. All this is shown in contrast to the new Federal Republic of Germany, where unemployment, slums and the West Berlin airlift prevail. The Cold War of those years is reflected in the film as well as a part of the development of post-war Germany.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Vom Nazi zum englischen Fußballidol - Torwartlegende Bert Trautmann
Released on: 2021-07-05
Documentary
How could a German Wehrmacht soldier become a celebrated soccer idol of the Britons in the post-war ...
Nuremberg: The Nazis Facing their Crimes
Released on: 2006-10-25
Documentary, History
The documentary of the Nuremberg War Trials of 21 Nazi dignitaries held after World War II.
Stalin's Last Plot
Released on: 2011-08-26
Documentary, History, TV Movie
January 1953: On the eve of his death Stalin finds himself yet another imaginary enemy: Jewish docto...
The Paper Brigade
Released on: 2018-03-15
Documentary, History
Lithuania, 1941, during World War II. Hundreds of thousands of texts on Jewish culture, stolen by th...
Liberation Diaries
Released on: 2025-05-06
Documentary, History, War
The end of World War II brings Europe a new political system, reshapes national and personal identit...
The Most Dangerous Man in Europe: Otto Skorzeny's After War
Released on: 2020-01-29
Documentary, History
Waffen-SS officer Otto Skorzeny (1908-75) became famous for his participation in daring military act...
Grandmother's Ghost Gathering
Released on: 2025-06-05
Documentary, Mystery
Streamed exclusively on her Instagram stories, film maker Janne Elens takes us on a short and intima...
My Enemy's Enemy
Released on: 2007-08-31
Documentary, History, War
Reveals an alternate history of the post-war world. This is a version of history where, in contrast ...
Diving Women of Jeju-do
Released on: 2007-01-01
History, Documentary
Jeju-do is the largest of Korean islands and lies between Korea and Japan. There, for hundreds of ye...
WWIII
Released on: 1994-01-01
Documentary, War, History
To help prevent the unthinkable from ever coming true, it is important to know what could really hap...
The Friendship Train
Released on: 1948-01-01
Documentary
This short film details the history of the 'Friendship Train', created, following the end of World W...
The Fallen of World War II
Released on: 2015-05-20
Documentary, War, History
This interactive infographic short documentary examines the human losses of the Second World War bet...
De Gaulle, histoire d'un géant
Released on: 2020-11-10
Documentary, History
50 years after the death of General De Gaulle, this film retraces his life, from his birth in 1890 t...
