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Missile from the East

Everybody said,"Where's Degner?" So I said, "Maybe Degnerhas gone back to his room and is...

everybody said,
"Where's Degner?" So I said, "Maybe Degner
has gone back to his room and is sleeping
or something like that because he must be
very depressed by not scoring
the world champion, the title

Full Transcript

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everybody said, "Where's Degner?"
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So I said, "Maybe Degner has gone back to his room
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and is sleeping or something like that
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because he must be very depressed
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by not scoring the world champion, the title.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:55:26
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.
And the MZ people are drinking, drinking, drinking. - Missile from the East 00:05
And the MZ people are drinking, drinking, drinking.
So nobody suspected - Missile from the East 00:08
So nobody suspected
And after everything's getting quieter, - Missile from the East 00:07
And after everything's getting quieter,
[WALKER]: For Degner to give up the world championship - Missile from the East 00:08
[WALKER]: For Degner to give up the world championship
But it showed that his wife and children, his family - Missile from the East 00:11
But it showed that his wife and children, his family
The ferry boat was about to set sail. - Missile from the East 00:05
The ferry boat was about to set sail.
And from that time onward, - Missile from the East 00:06
And from that time onward,
Everybody's down for breakfast and Kaaden comes up to Frank - Missile from the East 00:12
Everybody's down for breakfast and Kaaden comes up to F...
I mean, we've been to bed - Missile from the East 00:07
I mean, we've been to bed
When the whole story eventually came out - Missile from the East 00:08
When the whole story eventually came out
We know the consequences for him going back without Ernst - Missile from the East 00:10
We know the consequences for him going back without Ernst
[PERRIS]: And everybody said he treated him like a son - Missile from the East 00:07
[PERRIS]: And everybody said he treated him like a son
After Degner left, it was very bad for us. - Missile from the East 00:08
After Degner left, it was very bad for us.
Government was not interested to have motorcycle sport. - Missile from the East 00:06
Government was not interested to have motorcycle sport.
[OLAF]: I admire what they did, - Missile from the East 00:06
[OLAF]: I admire what they did,
It takes a lot of courage to have the decision to defect, - Missile from the East 00:08
It takes a lot of courage to have the decision to defect,
[ARCHIVE INTERVIEWER]: - Missile from the East 00:05
[ARCHIVE INTERVIEWER]:
The official line by the SED government - Missile from the East 00:08
The official line by the SED government
You are leaving us. You are going over to the enemy. - Missile from the East 00:06
You are leaving us. You are going over to the enemy.
[OLAF]: I remember them, these Japanese people - Missile from the East 00:06
[OLAF]: I remember them, these Japanese people