Drei Stunden Güstrow (1994)

ALL 01/01/1994 (de) Documentary 44 Min
  • Release
    01/01/1994
  • Production
    NDR
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    Drei Stunden Güstrow
  • Original language
    de
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

December 1981: Helmut Schmidt, chancellor of the FRG, visits the chairman of the state council of the GDR, Erich Honecker. The experiences with the visit of Willy Brandt in Erfurt in 1970 have warned the state leadership: Euphoria for a federal chancellor is out of the question this time. For December 13th, the protocol plans a visit to Güstrow. The Christmas market, the Barlach memorial, and the cathedral of Güstrow are on the agenda. The enormous machinery of the ministry of state security is set into motion in order to ensure the “safety of the guest”. Erich Mielke: “Never before, such a high effort was necessary as here in Güstrow.” People are temporarily arrested, inhabitants placed under house arrest, Stasi employees dressed up as “visitors of the Christmas market”. And like that, the media was supposed to get presented with a favourable image of the GDR. A reconstruction of three hours of state visit to Güstrow.

  1. Michael Krull

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Producer



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  1. Gunter Schoß

    Narrator (Voice)

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Drei Stunden Güstrow (1994) 44 Min

ALL 01/01/1994 (de)
Documentary
  • Release 01/01/1994
  • Production
    NDR
  • Original title Drei Stunden Güstrow
  • de
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

December 1981: Helmut Schmidt, chancellor of the FRG, visits the chairman of the state council of the GDR, Erich Honecker. The experiences with the visit of Willy Brandt in Erfurt in 1970 have warned the state leadership: Euphoria for a federal chancellor is out of the question this time. For December 13th, the protocol plans a visit to Güstrow. The Christmas market, the Barlach memorial, and the cathedral of Güstrow are on the agenda. The enormous machinery of the ministry of state security is set into motion in order to ensure the “safety of the guest”. Erich Mielke: “Never before, such a high effort was necessary as here in Güstrow.” People are temporarily arrested, inhabitants placed under house arrest, Stasi employees dressed up as “visitors of the Christmas market”. And like that, the media was supposed to get presented with a favourable image of the GDR. A reconstruction of three hours of state visit to Güstrow.

  1. Michael Krull

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Angelika Sattler

    Editor

  4. Producer