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Title Past and Present
Production Date 1968
Country of Production GDR (German Democratic Republic)
Duration 00:43:34
Production Company Camera DDR
Film Subject Era 1939-1945; 1946-1953; 1954-1975
Genre Documentary
Summary An account of the historical and political climate which gave rise to the formation of the German Democratic Republic after the collapse of the fascist regime at the end of the Second World War. [WARNING: contains distressing scenes of concentration camp victims.]
Original Title Damals und Heute
Subjects Second World War (1939-1945); Fascism; Imperialism; Nazism; Memorials; Commemorations; Socialism; Soviet army; Red Army; Concentration camps; Ruins; Liberation; Peace; Celebrations; Revolutions; Anti-fascism; Government; War crimes; Punishment; Reconstruction; Workers; Democracy; Education; Social Democrats; Peace; Communism; Dictatorships; Reichstag fire; Political prisoners; Book burning; Capitalism; Commerce; Industry; Economy; Spanish Civil War (1936-1939); Resistance movements; Partisans; Military; Arts and culture; Peace movements; Friendship; Women; Children; Parades and marches; UN (United Nations); Wars
People Brezhnev, Leonid (1906-1982); Aldridge, James (1918-2015); Simonov, Konstantin (1915-1979); Seghers, Anna (1900-1983); Honecker, Erich (1912-1994); Stalin, Josef (1878-1953); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Pieck, Wilhelm (1876-1960); Liebknecht, Karl (1871-1919); Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Kessler, Heinz (1920-2017); Fischer, Oskar (1923-)
Places Stalingrad (Volgograd); Berlin; USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics); Paris; France; Moscow; New York; USA (United States of America); German Democratic Republic (GDR); Germany
Fiction/Non Fiction Non Fiction
Sound Sound
Colour Format Black and White
Film Format 16mm Comb BW pos
Language English (Narrator)
Module Wars & Revolutions
BFI Identifier N-507344
Copyright The British Film Institute