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Missile from the East

One day after dinner, Degner and myselfwent to the top of the cliff, to the edge of the...

One day after dinner, Degner and myself
went to the top of the cliff, to the edge of the land

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One day after dinner,
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Degner and myself went to the top of the cliff,
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to the edge of the land.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:59
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.
I still remember it was very windy - Missile from the East 00:06
I still remember it was very windy
[CRASHING WAVES] - Missile from the East 00:07
[CRASHING WAVES]
Degner said, "Jimmy, beyond there, - Missile from the East 00:06
Degner said, "Jimmy, beyond there,
Britain, America, even further you have Japan. - Missile from the East 00:07
Britain, America, even further you have Japan.
To the small cage called Eastern Germany, - Missile from the East 00:15
To the small cage called Eastern Germany,
So I said, "Ernst, I can give you my word of honour... - Missile from the East 00:05
So I said, "Ernst, I can give you my word of honour...
You have money waiting for you when you defect. - Missile from the East 00:06
You have money waiting for you when you defect.
Now, how shall we construct your defection plan?" - Missile from the East 00:07
Now, how shall we construct your defection plan?"
Everybody is compromised - Missile from the East 00:06
Everybody is compromised
Both the people who worked for it, - Missile from the East 00:09
Both the people who worked for it,
We know now that Kaaden was a part of the Stasi. - Missile from the East 00:06
We know now that Kaaden was a part of the Stasi.
So even, let's say, one of his friends, his team mate, - Missile from the East 00:10
So even, let's say, one of his friends, his team mate,
If he'd said, "No, I don't agree to doing all this", - Missile from the East 00:07
If he'd said, "No, I don't agree to doing all...
This was a regime - Missile from the East 00:10
This was a regime
It asked of people to betray themselves - Missile from the East 00:10
It asked of people to betray themselves
And Ernst was a very, very determined person. - Missile from the East 00:06
And Ernst was a very, very determined person.
[WALKER]: Because East Germany and the Iron Curtain countries - Missile from the East 00:13
[WALKER]: Because East Germany and the Iron Curtain countrie...
[OLAF]: He was so close to being world champion - Missile from the East 00:17
[OLAF]: He was so close to being world champion
He wanted to have his own decisions - Missile from the East 00:07
He wanted to have his own decisions
[ARCHIVE REPORTER]: The attention of an anxious world - Missile from the East 00:07
[ARCHIVE REPORTER]: The attention of an anxious world