Hildegard Knef's Berlin

United States, 1979

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Episode of Series “Cities”.
Hildegard Knef opens Berlin to the viewers of this film in an extensively historical yet highly personal manner. She introduces us to her personal family history and to the ramifications of Nazi power. The tour also includes historical footage of the “formidable women who cleaned up the rubble of demolished Berlin” after World War II, of John Kennedy’s famous speech declaring his Berlin citizenship, of the 15-foot-high concrete barricade that divides the city, and of the airlift that kept the city of two million people totally supplied.

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director

John McGreevy

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John McGreevy

Pat Ferns

production company

John McGreevy Productions

Nielsen-Ferns International

Duration

00:25:30:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1979

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Cities

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Cities

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