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[ERNST]: I had a very bad start
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Missile from the East

I had a very bad start and I had to risk a lotin the first lap to get the connectionto the...

[ERNST]:
I had a very bad start and I had to risk a lot
in the first lap to get the connection
to the top

Full Transcript

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[ERNST]: I had a very bad start
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and I had to risk a lot in the first lap
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to get the connection to the top.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:14:38
Uploaded
Mar 28, 2025
Genres
biography
Production
N/A

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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.
And it was on the second corner I went off the line - Missile from the East 00:08
And it was on the second corner I went off the line
Your first instinct if you're a motorcycle racer - Missile from the East 00:09
Your first instinct if you're a motorcycle racer
You are taking part in the race against your rivals - Missile from the East 00:07
You are taking part in the race against your rivals
I wanted to pick it up - Missile from the East 00:11
I wanted to pick it up
But when I start to pick up the motorbike, - Missile from the East 00:06
But when I start to pick up the motorbike,
And then a big flame sprang into the tank. - Missile from the East 00:05
And then a big flame sprang into the tank.
[PERRIS]: For Frank, that was the worst thing - Missile from the East 00:05
[PERRIS]: For Frank, that was the worst thing
And so luckily the Japanese chap came over - Missile from the East 00:08
And so luckily the Japanese chap came over
All he could remember is Ernst's face bubbling. - Missile from the East 00:06
All he could remember is Ernst's face bubbling.
He was very, very badly burnt - Missile from the East 00:13
He was very, very badly burnt
[ROARING FLAMES] - Missile from the East 00:31
[ROARING FLAMES]
As a 3 or 4-year-old child - Missile from the East 00:08
As a 3 or 4-year-old child
He doesn't have the perfect face for perfectionists anymore. - Missile from the East 00:06
He doesn't have the perfect face for perfectionists any...
Somehow you get hooked on drugs cos you can't help it anymore - Missile from the East 00:11
Somehow you get hooked on drugs cos you can't help it a...
From then on, although Degner won races, - Missile from the East 00:09
From then on, although Degner won races,
[OLAF]: The competition is big. Young drivers are coming up. - Missile from the East 00:05
[OLAF]: The competition is big. Young drivers are coming up.
So you have to push right to the limit, - Missile from the East 00:08
So you have to push right to the limit,
He showed me X-rays, so it was a mesh - Missile from the East 00:14
He showed me X-rays, so it was a mesh
[PERRIS]: Things didn't work so well for Ernst - Missile from the East 00:05
[PERRIS]: Things didn't work so well for Ernst
You know, he was riding and it wasn't as good - Missile from the East 00:11
You know, he was riding and it wasn't as good