Talking with Germans (1965)

The Belgian documentarian Frans Buyens interviewed passers-by in East Berlin and Dresden, factory workers and technical draftswomen at the Warnow shipyard in Stralsund, small business owners in Chemnitz, LPG farmers in the countryside, foreign students at the Gottfried Herder Institute in Leipzig and industrial workers in Magdeburg and Eisenhuettenstadt. "The GDR seen through the eyes of a foreigner" was the original title of the film. A few years after the Wall was built, Buyens documented the approval, disapproval and fears of the interviewees.

Cast (6)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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Frans Buyens

E

Eberhard Schulze

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Hans-Eberhard Leupold

Walter Ulbricht

John F. Kennedy

Patrice Lumumba

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