In this documentary Ulrike Ottinger films the dismantling of the wall and the reunified Berlin. There are some German intertitles and some short passages where dialogue is recorded but it's mostly a purely visual documentary.
Countdown follows a chronological sequence. The movie was shot in Berlin and environs over a ten-day period leading up to the unification of the currencies on July 1, 1990. The film thus ends on the date marking "the first stage of German reunification".
DVD5 | PAL 4:3 | 03:08:39 | 4.07 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Deutsch
Subtitles: none, but film has virtually no dialogue and only features a couple inter-titles, which are partially translated below
Genre: Documentary
Texts
Eva Meyer: Chapters of the Film
Point in Time / Counterpoint
Day 1: June 22, 1990
Einsteinturm (Potsdam), Jewish Cemetery Weißensee (Berlin, Herbert-Baum-Straße)
New Permeability. The Waterways.
Day 2: June 23, 1990
Bauhausarchiv, Shell-Haus, Synagogue, Oberbaumbrücke, Berlin Dom, Nikolai Quarter, Bahnhof Friedrichstraße, Reichstag, Kongresshalle, Siemenssteg
Trade Nomads
Day 3: June 24, 1990
Bahnhof Zoo
The Wall. Adventure Park
Day 4: June 25, 1990
Vital Signs
Day 5: June 26, 1990
Alexanderplatz, "Death Strip," Wollankstraße, Oberbaumbrücke, Schlesisches Tor
" Farewell to the Past" and the Children
Day 6: June 27, 1990
Glienickerbrücke, Caputh, Petzow, Werder, Deetz, Ketzin, Kremmen, Linum, Dechtow, Karwesee
What counts?
Day 7: June 28, 1990
Magnetbahn, Postdamer Platz, Tiergarten
The Empty Shop Window of the East
Day 8: June 29, 1990
What's left?
Day 9: June 30, 1990
Plaue, a fishing village
Currency Lines
Day 10: July 1, 1990
Karl-Marx-Allee, Frankfurter Allee (formerly Stalin-Allee), roller coaster, Amusement Park Treptow
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