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Missile from the East

If you were an East German you aspired to havinga motorcycle and MZ made those motorcycles

If you were an East German you aspired to having
a motorcycle and MZ made those motorcycles

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If you were an East German
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you aspired to having a motorcycle
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and MZ made those motorcycles.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:46
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.
[ROBB]: Walter Kaaden was an exceptional engineer. - Missile from the East 00:05
[ROBB]: Walter Kaaden was an exceptional engineer.
He was probably the person who advanced 2-strokes - Missile from the East 00:08
He was probably the person who advanced 2-strokes
[HAMMER TAPPING] - Missile from the East 00:07
[HAMMER TAPPING]
[WALKER]: He harnessed the harmonics of the exhaust system, - Missile from the East 00:10
[WALKER]: He harnessed the harmonics of the exhaust system,
The materials they used weren't the best materials - Missile from the East 00:09
The materials they used weren't the best materials
[ROBB]: Ernst I could tell admired Kaaden greatly, - Missile from the East 00:12
[ROBB]: Ernst I could tell admired Kaaden greatly,
When you were watching them together - Missile from the East 00:09
When you were watching them together
[OLAF]: They saw that he is not only a good racer, - Missile from the East 00:12
[OLAF]: They saw that he is not only a good racer,
[ANDERSON]: The innovation was absolutely incredible. - Missile from the East 00:05
[ANDERSON]: The innovation was absolutely incredible.
[TROOPS MARCHING] - Missile from the East 00:07
[TROOPS MARCHING]
[FUNDER]: East Germany was a small nation - Missile from the East 00:19
[FUNDER]: East Germany was a small nation
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,