Die Sieben vom Rhein

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Die Sieben vom Rhein
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Distributed byDeutsche Film (DEFA)
Release date
1954
Running time
76 minutes
CountryEast Germany
LanguageGerman

Die Sieben vom Rhein is an East German documentary film directed by Andrew and Annelie Thorndike.[1][2] It was released in 1954. Thorndike made the film with his wife Annelie; it was made as part of the "Germans at the Same Table" campaign, and documented the visit of a West German workers delegation from the Ruhr to an East German steel factory is Riesa.[3][4] According to author , "even political opponents had to admit that Andrew and Annelie Thorndike had made a masterpiece".[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Propagandist und Heimatfilmer: die Dokumentarfilme des Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler (in German). Leipziger Universitätsverlag. 2003. p. 225. ISBN 978-3-937209-28-9.
  2. ^ Steinle, Matthias; Ferro, Marc (2003). Vom Feindbild zum Fremdbild: die gegenseitige Darstellung von BRD und DDR im Dokumentarfilm (in German). UVK. p. 74. ISBN 978-3-89669-421-8.
  3. ^ Davidson, John; Hake, Sabine (15 December 2008). Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-84545-536-1.
  4. ^ a b Hogenkamp, Bert (2000). Film, Television and the Left in Britain, 1950 to 1970. Lawrence & Wishart. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-85315-905-6.

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