Der Weg nach oben (1950)

Directed by

Andrew Thorndike

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 21m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This East German documentary shows the rebuilding of the country after World War Two. It promotes the political and economic achievements of the early German Democratic Republic.

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What happens

Der Weg nach oben (The Way Up; Chronicle Of The Rise) is an East German political and economic propaganda film in the style of a documentary film directed by Andrew Thorndike. It was released in 1950, premiering on the eve of the first anniversary of the German Democratic Republic. It won the Best Documentary Film at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1951. The film was produced by DEFA Studio für Wochenschau und Dokumentarfilme. This was Thorndike's first feature-length film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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