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Was wäre, wenn...? (1960)

Was wäre, wenn...? poster
Directed by
Gerhard Klingenberg
Genre
comedy
Country
German Democratic Republic
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This East German black-and-white film imagines an alternate version of recent history. It follows characters as they consider how different choices might have changed their lives and society.

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What happens

Was wäre, wenn...? (lit. What If....?) is an East German film. It was released in 1960. A black-and-white film, it is an adaptation from the comedy play of the same name by Hedda Zinner. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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