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Berlinale Devotes Film Series to Fall of Communism

A special series of films at this year's Berlinale film festival commemorates the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Under the motto, "After Winter Comes Spring," documentaries, animations and feature films made in eastern Europe in the years leading up to the fall of communism are to be screened at the Berlinale film festival.

According to the Museum for Film and Television in Berlin, at the time of their production, the films gave an honest view of life under totalitarian regimes, auguring the changes that lay ahead...
Read entire article at Deutsche Welle