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Der Ost-Komplex

(Der Ost-Komplex)
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Original Title : Der Ost-Komplex
Time : 90 Min
Genre : Documentary
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 2016
Director : Jochen Hick
Writer : Jochen Hick
Producer : Jochen Hick
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : Germany
Original Language : German, English, Hungarian
About : Even now, twenty-five years after German reunification, historians are still debating whether the GDR was an illegitimate state. In his current work, Jochen Hick tells the story of ex-GDR citizen Mario Röllig. Hick accompanies him as he ...See moreEven now, twenty-five years after German reunification, historians are still debating whether the GDR was an illegitimate state. In his current work, Jochen Hick tells the story of ex-GDR citizen Mario Röllig. Hick accompanies him as he visits his parents and his former colleagues but also the sites of his attempted flight from the GDR and his incarceration. Röllig was arrested in Hungary in 1987 for attempting to flee the German Democratic Republic; in 1988 the Federal Republic of Germany purchased his freedom. Today he regularly talks about his experiences in schools; he also volunteers as a guide at the former Stasi prison in Hohenschönhausen in Berlin that is now a memorial. Hick stays close to his subject at all times but remains neutral, instead observing and asking questions from behind the camera. See less Read more: Plot summary

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