Hildegard Knef's Berlin

Duration: 25 min.

Genre: Educational

Creator: lcoa

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Berlin's postwar history has been a turbulent one that has created an international open city. Knef focuses on such crucial events as the rebuilding of the city, the Berlin Airlift and the division created by the Berlin Wall. She also looks at the cultural aspects of today's Berlin. From the Cities Series SERIES., With German actress-writer Hildegard Knef we go back in time to see Berlin between the World Wars, when it was the cultural center of Europe and later the headquarters of the Third Reich. From her own experiences she tells of the places where she performed during the war and her imprisonment by the Russians.

Complete Record: Berlin's postwar history has been a turbulent one that has created an international open city. Knef focuses on such crucial events as the rebuilding of the city, the Berlin Airlift and the division created by the Berlin Wall. She also looks at the cultural aspects of today's Berlin. From the Cities Series SERIES., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.