It is, however, an enjoyable watch which gives an insight into the complex relationship between Cold War-era GDR and its younger generation. ![]() ![]() This factually-based drama is an account of a well-meaning act of solidarity with the Hungarian Uprising, which ends with a whole class of school kids expelled.Ī boisterous, initially overbearing score is toned down as the students gradually realise the gravity of their situation.Īlthough lacking the nail-biting tension one would expect from a GDR-based story which pits kids versus communists, this is a solid, good-looking piece of filmmaking which is elevated by a clutch of strong performances from the young cast. Unlike the headstrong teen protagonists,this is not filmmaking which takes risks, nor is it overburdened with passion. But this is a border which is permeable, not just to people, but to ideas - the kind of ideas which are perceived, by the twitchily defensive communist officials, as counter revolutionary. Teenage schoolboys bunk across to oggle consumer goods and the breasts of movie stars. ![]() Five years before construction started on the Berlin wall, and the border between East and West is still open to those who have a persuasive cover story.
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