Authors Karlo Malmedie and Kristin Siebert portray diverse personal biographies of people living in the GDR based on personal interviews. This country was much more than a republic oppressed by the state’s aparatus and held down by the firm grasp of the Staatssicherheit. Prominent and non-prominent contemporary witnesses give the audience an unusual view into a lifestyle that has been forgotten, deconstructing old and well-established myths about the GDR.

Written and directed by Karlo Malmedie Co-Author Kristin Siebert Location Manager Britta Lehnert Production manager Jörg Kunkel Head of production Ulrich Lenze Producer Dr. Sunna Altnöder Produced for ZDFzeit Editorial department Roman Beuler (ZDFzeit), Christian Deick (ZDFzeit), Ulrike Grunewald (ZDFzeit) Locations Germany Expected date of television broadcasting 28.01. und 04.02.2014 Shooting period May-July 2013 Format/duration Documentary, 2 x 45 min. » back