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Berliner Ballade

Berlin • 29m

Directed by Chris Marker • Documentary • 1990 • 29 minutes

Some months after the fall of the Berlin wall, Chris Marker shot this passionate documentary, reflecting the state of the place and its spirit with remarkable acuity. It is a complete version of a film that was created for French television in 1990, during the first free elections in East Berlin.

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20th century, area studies, berlin, berlin wall, berliner ballade, east berlin, europe, european studies, expository, germany, history, icarus films, late 20th century (world history), ovid, political history, politics and political science, s_0229, s_0231, s_0342, s_0627, s_0644, title_b, western europe, world regions

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