The Tower (2012)
- Original title
- Der Turm
- Directed by
- Christian Schwochow
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 3h
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 15 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The story follows a family in Dresden during the 1980s in East Germany. It shows their daily struggles and quiet resistance as the socialist regime nears its end.
slow-burnmelancholicatmosphericintrospectivetensegrittynostalgiceveryday-life
What happens
The Tower (German: Der Turm) is a 2012 German TV drama film based on the eponymous 2008 novel by Uwe Tellkamp. It is about life and history in Dresden between 1982 and 1989 in the German Democratic Republic, GDR and its last years before demonstrations, the time of Die Wende (the turning from former socialistic government with Stasi-elements to democracy), the tearing down of the wall and before German reunification. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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