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Berlin 1945

Original title: Berlin 1945: Tagebuch einer Großstadt
  • TV Mini Series
  • 2020
  • 52m
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8.2/10
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Berlin 1945 (2020)
The English, French, and Americans still wait to enter Berlin. In the meantime, the Soviets appoint mayors, organize the food supply, and go on the hunt for war criminals. The Jewish community regroups, among which there are few survivors. The fate of the city is determined at the Potsdam Conference.
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Life in Berlin in 1945 before, during and after the battle of Berlin seen through the eyes of those who were there at the time from common Berliners to Allied troops.Life in Berlin in 1945 before, during and after the battle of Berlin seen through the eyes of those who were there at the time from common Berliners to Allied troops.Life in Berlin in 1945 before, during and after the battle of Berlin seen through the eyes of those who were there at the time from common Berliners to Allied troops.

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    • Simon Brauer
    • Konstantin Achmed Bürger
    • Yvette Coetzee
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    • Stars
      • Simon Brauer
      • Konstantin Achmed Bürger
      • Yvette Coetzee
    • 8User reviews
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    Simon Brauer
    • Self
    • 2020
    Konstantin Achmed Bürger
    • Self
    • 2020
    Yvette Coetzee
    • Self
    • 2020
    Lucie David
    • Self
    • 2020
    Sophie Diernberger
    • Self
    • 2020
    August Diernberger
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    • 2020
    Jörg Diernberger
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    • 2020
    Liliana Döbler
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    • 2020
    Katharina Döbler
    • Self
    • 2020
    Caroline Goldie
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    • 2020
    Rob Jones
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    • 2020
    Magnus von Keil
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    • 2020
    Spencer Kennard
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    • 2020
    Hannah Kotlan
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    • 2020
    Taddeo Kufus
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    • 2020
    Aïsha Mia Lethen
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    • 2020
    Ben Lehman
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    • 2020
    Andrei Loginov
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    • 2020
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    7paul2001sw-1

    Life in the ruins

    This documentary series uses archive footagae coupled with contemporaneous ddiary entries to give us a flavour of life in bombed-out Berlin in 1945. It must have been an extraordinary time to live through, as residents faced with physical and economic ruin, national defeat and the collapse of the ideology that had driven the war. The pictures are amazing; the diary excerpts are all (in the English version) read in uniform flat monotone (I understand the choice not to over-dramatise, but it does flatten the effect). An interesting question is how Berliners were coming to terms with their own involvement with Nazism; mainly, one senses, though denial (few loved Hitler once he had destroyed the country, but this is of course missing the point). Reflections with perspective have their own problems, of course, but they can provide insight that a terse journal can not. The program is still worth watching, however, especially for those of us sufficiently fortnate not to have to have witnessed anything like the scences that it depicts.
    9ArtVandelayImporterExporter

    A first-person look at a war-torn city

    This is so much different from most war documentaries. Instead of focusing on the psychopathic war criminals who fed their young boys into the meat grinder and managed to get millions of women and children pointlessly killed in the bargain, this series presents the perspective of people who were living in Berlin and the foreign armies who conquered the city.

    The narrative is created out of the personal journal entries of Berliners, army vets and others. Read by voice actors. And matched up with some amazing film footage that are, at times, frank and disturbing, but always fascinating.

    It's like a ''Rubble Film" shot in real time.

    I couldn't recommend this highly enough. I guarantee most people have never seen anything like it.
    10lionheartlev

    Archival. Professional, Vivid, Brilliantly Edited

    This is a stunning series with mostly professionally recorded archival footage, and voiceover diary entries from an amazing array of people who experienced this history - ordinary Berliners, some Jewish, mainly Russian and German military (and some French and American). Nazi officers and leaders. At the time the Russians sent 39 professional filmmakers to record these people and events - and the footage is stunning, reflecting the artistry of these crews. The suffering presented ranges from ordinary people living in horrible circumstances, to hundreds dying in artillery fire. Almost no death camp footage is included, though the Holocaust is clearly reflected in the experience of these people. A unique and must-see document.
    8rednebmb

    A different look at WW2

    Pieced together from diaries of those who survived in Berlin from late 1944 through the end of 1945. This documentary shows how the war affected the German civilians. It also covers the allied occupation. Lots of actual black and white film and some in color. It is well done and I definitely recommend it for any fan of history. The only downside is there are some scenes in spoken German that are not translated - not even with subtitles. I saw this as a 3 part series on Amazon Prime. Each part was about 50 mins.
    10iozl@yahoo.com

    Incredible Historical Documentary

    I certainly hope that this 2 part documentary will find a larger audience as it was a simply stunning document in a critical year of a city as told (via voice actors) of first person accounts of what happened in and around Berlin in 1945. This was not a paint-by-numbers documentary - it could be put up against any of the best historical works in documentary by such notables as Ken Burns. So glad I had a chance to see this on Germany television (on ARTE) - again this will hopefully receive a wider release as many would undoubtedly enjoy the thoroughness and artistry on display.

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      • November 5, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
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    • Language
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    • Also known as
      • Berlin 1945: The Journal of a Capital
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      • Bauderfilm
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