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Ernst Degner was projected into a world
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Missile from the East

Ernst Degner was projectedinto a world of international motorcycleracing, which took him...

Ernst Degner was projected
into a world of international motorcycle
racing, which took him out of
East Germany into countries
all over the world where the standard of living was infinitely higher than
the one he was used to

Full Transcript

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Ernst Degner was projected into a world
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of international motorcycle racing,
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which took him out of East Germany
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into countries all over the world
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where the standard of living
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was infinitely higher than the one he was used to.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:40
Uploaded
Mar 28, 2025
Genres
biography
Production
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Movie Summary

The story of East German motorcycle racer Ernst Degner, who, at the height of the Cold War and on the cusp of achieving his life ambition to win the world championship, fled East Germany with his family in a heart-stopping escape.
I believe that Degner, - Missile from the East 00:13
I believe that Degner,
So seeing people like Jim Redman, Tom Phillis, - Missile from the East 00:16
So seeing people like Jim Redman, Tom Phillis,
[ROBB]: He would've liked to have been in the west - Missile from the East 00:07
[ROBB]: He would've liked to have been in the west
He would love to have been with us - Missile from the East 00:06
He would love to have been with us
Not being watched. Not being kept back. - Missile from the East 00:05
Not being watched. Not being kept back.
That life on the other side of the curtain - Missile from the East 00:07
That life on the other side of the curtain
I think this was a time when they started to think about - Missile from the East 00:08
I think this was a time when they started to think about
[LIVELY MUSIC] - Missile from the East 00:05
[LIVELY MUSIC]
[WALKER]: The Isle of Man TT - Missile from the East 00:08
[WALKER]: The Isle of Man TT
[ROBB]: The hazards were the fact that you had hedges, - Missile from the East 00:10
[ROBB]: The hazards were the fact that you had hedges,
And he said, "Jimmy, we must win the motorcycle racing in Europe. - Missile from the East 00:08
And he said, "Jimmy, we must win the motorcycle racing ...
Then people will recognise that - Missile from the East 00:11
Then people will recognise that
To try to bring Suzuki's performance up to - Missile from the East 00:08
To try to bring Suzuki's performance up to
[ROBB]: At the TT, I was staying in the same guest house, - Missile from the East 00:09
[ROBB]: At the TT, I was staying in the same guest house,
He was determined to get Suzuki to the top. - Missile from the East 00:05
He was determined to get Suzuki to the top.
He said, "You, you spoke German!" - Missile from the East 00:15
He said, "You, you spoke German!"
[ROBB]: In those days, they had a chief commissar with them, - Missile from the East 00:11
[ROBB]: In those days, they had a chief commissar with them,
And he had the ability to stop that race meeting for them - Missile from the East 00:07
And he had the ability to stop that race meeting for them
[COMMENTATOR]: These East German 2-strokes, - Missile from the East 00:07
[COMMENTATOR]: These East German 2-strokes,
[ROAR OF MOTORBIKE] - Missile from the East 00:08
[ROAR OF MOTORBIKE]