44 minutes to watch a country disappear into history.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, citizens of East Germany had to get used to a new way of consuming, working, and living. New-found freedoms were a breath of fresh air for many but in the chaos leading up to reunification with West Germany, the experience was also disconcerting.
Direction
Rothermundt lets ordinary voices carry epochal weight.
Editing
Archival footage cuts like memory itself—fragmented, tender.
Director
Nina Rothermundt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ostalgie (East nostalgia) emerged as a real phenomenon in 1990s Germany, with GDR-era products becoming ironic commodities.
Rothermundt filmed during the actual summer of 1990, capturing subjects who didn't yet know how their stories would end—reunification was still months away.
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