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[WALKER]: He was going to be world champion
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Missile from the East

He was going to beworld champion and he was going to beworld champion for East Germany!

[WALKER]: He was going to be
world champion and he was going to be
world champion for East Germany!

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[WALKER]: He was going to be world champion
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and he was going to be world champion
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for East Germany!
Duration
7 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:20
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.
[WALKER]: He took full advantage of the performance - Missile from the East 00:08
[WALKER]: He took full advantage of the performance
So the mental pressure on him - Missile from the East 00:06
So the mental pressure on him
[OLAF]: In Sweden, he would have liked - Missile from the East 00:09
[OLAF]: In Sweden, he would have liked
[COMMENTATOR]: The last lap, the last corner, - Missile from the East 00:10
[COMMENTATOR]: The last lap, the last corner,
When I want to do something - Missile from the East 00:06
When I want to do something
I think after so many years, 50 years, - Missile from the East 00:06
I think after so many years, 50 years,
And machine seized over, broken down. - Missile from the East 00:05
And machine seized over, broken down.
If he'd won the race - Missile from the East 00:11
If he'd won the race
And, most important of all, - Missile from the East 00:11
And, most important of all,
[MATSUMIYA]: He had key of my hired car. - Missile from the East 00:06
[MATSUMIYA]: He had key of my hired car.
[OMINOUS MUSIC] - Missile from the East 00:09
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[WALKER]: He disappeared. It was absolutely mind blowing. - Missile from the East 00:06
[WALKER]: He disappeared. It was absolutely mind blowing.
Everybody said, "Where's Degner?" - Missile from the East 00:17
Everybody said, "Where's Degner?"
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,