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Missile from the East

East Germany was a small nation that came out of the ashesof fascism and the Second World...

[FUNDER]:
East Germany was a small nation that came out of the ashes
of fascism and the Second World War and that was, in theory,
trying to create a fairer non-fascist,
non-capitalist world

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[FUNDER]: East Germany was a small nation
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that came out of the ashes of fascism
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and the Second World War
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and that was, in theory, trying to create
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a fairer non-fascist, non-capitalist world.
Duration
19 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:41
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.
An extreme system of repression of its own people. - Missile from the East 00:06
An extreme system of repression of its own people.
The GDR was an extraordinarily intrusive - Missile from the East 00:11
The GDR was an extraordinarily intrusive
[WALKER]: There was an organisation called the Stasi - Missile from the East 00:08
[WALKER]: There was an organisation called the Stasi
Everybody in East Germany was informing on everybody else - Missile from the East 00:11
Everybody in East Germany was informing on everybody else
[RITA PERRIS]: "Shut your mouth. Don't speak." - Missile from the East 00:06
[RITA PERRIS]: "Shut your mouth. Don't speak."...
You could do nothing without having it reported back - Missile from the East 00:06
You could do nothing without having it reported back
They wanted to keep everything literally under control - Missile from the East 00:07
They wanted to keep everything literally under control
[OLAF]: My father was observed by the Stasi all the time. - Missile from the East 00:05
[OLAF]: My father was observed by the Stasi all the time.
If my father was meeting a known or unknown, - Missile from the East 00:12
If my father was meeting a known or unknown,
[CLICKETY-CLACK OF OLD TYPEWRITER] - Missile from the East 00:05
[CLICKETY-CLACK OF OLD TYPEWRITER]
[FUNDER]: People tried to live a normal life - Missile from the East 00:08
[FUNDER]: People tried to live a normal life
[OLAF]: He had a very special status in East Germany. - Missile from the East 00:05
[OLAF]: He had a very special status in East Germany.
He enjoyed getting special treatments. - Missile from the East 00:05
He enjoyed getting special treatments.
[OLAF]: They also gave my mother a job at MZ - Missile from the East 00:08
[OLAF]: They also gave my mother a job at MZ
He had a better car than everybody else, - Missile from the East 00:10
He had a better car than everybody else,
But compared to what he saw in West Germany - Missile from the East 00:07
But compared to what he saw in West Germany
[TRAVELLING MUSIC] - Missile from the East 00:08
[TRAVELLING MUSIC]
[ROBB]: For Ernst then to come back - Missile from the East 00:11
[ROBB]: For Ernst then to come back
I remember them feeling very out of place. - Missile from the East 00:05
I remember them feeling very out of place.
Chelira and Mondal and MV - Missile from the East 00:15
Chelira and Mondal and MV