Drei Stunden Güstrow (1994)
• January 1st, 1994 • 0h 44min
Documentary
Overview
December 1981: Helmut Schmidt, chancellor of the FRG, visits the chairman of the state council of the GDR, Erich Honecker. The experiences with the visit of Willy Brandt in Erfurt in 1970 have warned the state leadership: Euphoria for a federal chancellor is out of the question this time. For December 13th, the protocol plans a visit to Güstrow. The Christmas market, the Barlach memorial, and the cathedral of Güstrow are on the agenda. The enormous machinery of the ministry of state security is set into motion in order to ensure the “safety of the guest”. Erich Mielke: “Never before, such a high effort was necessary as here in Güstrow.” People are temporarily arrested, inhabitants placed under house arrest, Stasi employees dressed up as “visitors of the Christmas market”. And like that, the media was supposed to get presented with a favourable image of the GDR. A reconstruction of three hours of state visit to Güstrow.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Javier Milei: la revolución liberal
Released on: 2023-07-10
Documentary, History
A portrait of Argentine libertarian politician Javier Milei.
Fahrenheit 9/11
Released on: 2004-06-25
Documentary
Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push...
An Inconvenient Truth
Released on: 2006-05-24
Documentary
A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwi...
Die PKK in Europa - Freiheitskämpfer oder Terroristen?
Released on: 2024-08-20
Documentary, TV Movie
Banned since 1993 in France and Germany, does the PKK still represent a danger? A dive into the hear...
It's Hard Being Loved by Jerks
Released on: 2008-09-17
Documentary, History, Crime, Drama
The murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by an Islamic extremist in 2004, followed by the publish...
The Society of the Spectacle
Released on: 1974-05-01
Documentary
Guy Debord's analysis of a consumer society.
Rügen - Weiße Felsen, grüne Wälder
Released on: 2023-07-06
Documentary, TV Movie
Rügen is the largest island of Germany. Located off the Baltic Sea coast of Western Pomerania, two t...
Fuck
Released on: 2006-11-10
Documentary
A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gaine...
Don't Call Him Dimon
Released on: 2017-03-02
Documentary
A 2017 Russian documentary film about alleged corruption by Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev...
Checkpoint Zoo
Released on: 2024-06-06
Documentary
Checkpoint Zoo documents a daring rescue led by a heroic team of zookeepers and volunteers, who risk...
Apollo: The Forgotten Films
Released on: 2019-07-20
Documentary, TV Movie
Recently discovered footage reveals the secret history of NASA's first landing on the moon, and usin...
When We Were Apollo
Released on: 2019-07-18
Documentary
Who were the men and women of Project Apollo? Where are they today? What do they think of the extrao...
#Untruth: The Psychology of Trumpism
Released on: 2024-09-03
Documentary, Drama, Crime
From the filmmakers of the critically-acclaimed blockbuster #UNFIT: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DONALD TRUMP, ...
Son of the Mullah
Released on: 2023-09-01
Documentary, Drama, Crime
In 2019, the multi-awarded filmmaker Nahid Persson Sarvestani (My Stolen Revolution, Prostitution Be...
Girls State
Released on: 2024-01-18
Documentary
What would American democracy look like in the hands of teenage girls? In this documentary, young fe...
White Power: Inside Europe's Far-Right Movement
Released on: 2024-08-27
Documentary, TV Movie
An analysis of the rise of the European far-right, increasingly present in both politics and everyda...
444 jours qui ont fait plier l'Amérique
Released on: 2022-06-19
Documentary, Drama, History, Thriller
On January 20, 1981, 52 members of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran were released after 444 days of captiv...
Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid
Released on: 2024-10-11
Documentary, History
From masterminding Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential win to his insurgent role in the 2024 race, Demo...