Snack Bar Special
The lower level of Lichtenberg Station in Belin in early October 1989: the beginning of the end for the GDR. In the snack bar, the staff are catering for travellers of every kind while in the background the authorities maintain a flow of triumphal statements, but those months between August and October come to feel like sitting out the death throes. Careful observation of people and their work as the current of history suddenly becomes perceptible.
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Snack Bar Special
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Status
Released
Release Date
Oct 6, 1990
Runtime
0h 27m
Genres
Documentary
Original Title
Imbiss Spezial
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Wochenschau und Dokumentarfilme
Director
Thomas Heise
Description
The lower level of Lichtenberg Station in Belin in early October 1989: the beginning of the end for the GDR. In the snack bar, the staff are catering for travellers of every kind while in the background the authorities maintain a flow of triumphal statements, but those months between August and October come to feel like sitting out the death throes. Careful observation of people and their work as the current of history suddenly becomes perceptible.
