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Liberty Train – Bürger’s Long Journey
Liberty Train – Bürger’s Long Journey

Liberty Train – Bürger’s Long Journey

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Documentary

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“Liberty Train – Bürger’s Long Journey” sheds light on the events of the PEACEFUL REVOLUTION of 1989 from different perspectives. It centres on the eyewitnesses who, together with thousands of other people who had fled East Germany, were in the garden of the West German Embassy in Prague on the evening of the 30 September 1989.

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Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

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Release Date

30 September 2014

Country

Germany

Cast

Kilian Land

Kilian Land

Jens Rohde

Max Rothbart

Max Rothbart

Thomas Rosin

Timo Weisschnur

Timo Weisschnur

Jens Hase

Mario Rohn

Mario Rohn

BGS-Beamter

Frank Schilcher

Frank Schilcher

Stasibeamter

Wolfgang Zarnack

Wolfgang Zarnack

Frank Elbe

André Hinderlich

André Hinderlich

young man

Mathias Bleier

Mathias Bleier

Wolfgang Ischinger

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