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Exhibition theme: The Transformation of the GDR: "Am Rand" ("On the Edge") [39/39]

OBJECT INFORMATION

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November 1 - December 31 1990
Berlin, Neukölln/Treptow, Moabit/Berlin-Mitte, Wedding/Prenzlauer Berg, Märkisches Viertel/Wilhelmsruh
Duration: 00:24:06 min.
Created By: Thomas Arslan
Production: Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin GmbH (dffb)

License: Not Creative Commons
Eintrag im dffb-Archiv."

Concept, Photography, Editing: Thomas Arslan
Sound: Christian Petzold

In and around the former border strip at four locations in Berlin; everyday life in a state of transition, between waste land and building site. Pedestrians walk by, remnants of the Wall are removed, the S-Bahn runs.

Depicts

age, border fence, border patrol road, bridge, brownfield, building site, car, child, cleared border strip, crane, deconstruction of the Wall, engineering vehicle, group of people, hammer, mural crown, night, one person, pavement, plastic bag, rapid-transit railway, remains of the Wall, signboard, Trabant (car), train, tree, truck, two persons, workers

Places

Eberswalder Straße (Prenzlauer Berg)/Bernauer Straße (Wedding) border crossing, Gleimstraße border crossing, Other places (Berlin)

Text in image

Am Rand

Berlin Nov./Dez. 1990 / Neukölln/Treptow / Moabit/B.-Mitte / Wedding/Prenzlauer Berg / Märk. Viertel/Wilhelmsruh

Entwurf, Kamera, Schnitt / Thomas Arslan

Ton / Christian Petzold

Besonderen Dank / an / Peter Nestler

© DFFB 1991

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Shortly after the border was opened, changes were pushed through in the GDR. The most conspicuous came about during the campaign for the Volkskammer election in March 1990, when countless election posters, often with commentaries, became a popular motif for photographers. Important, too, was the presence of leading West German politicians at election meetings in all of the larger towns in East Germany – not to mention the elections themselves. The currency union, which came about on 1 July 1990, put Western goods in shops at standard prices. This was a first step in bringing the East closer to the West.