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The Wall

The Wall

Genres

Documentary

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Like the best USIA films, The Wall distills political events into an emotionally clear and compelling ideological "story". In 1962 Walter de Hoog gathered footage from U.S. and German newsreel sources and crafted this taut short film about the first year of the Berlin Wall. Straightforward, keenly balanced narration portrays Berliners as "accepting the wall but never resigned to it". The extraordinary footage of the first escapes was propaganda enough-- His challenge was to make the politics human.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

9 mins

Rating

7/10

Release Date

08 November 1962

Country

United States of America

Cast

Alexander Scourby

Alexander Scourby

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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