Bau auf, Bau auf - New East Germany
The married couple Heidi and Peter lived in East Germany as children and now, after more than 40 years they are returning to the former DDR, which partly resembles a large construction site. Are west…
Bau auf, Bau auf - New East Germany
The married couple Heidi and Peter lived in East Germany as children and now, after more than 40 years they are returning to the former DDR, which partly resembles a large construction site. Are west and east compatible? Great emotions Heidi and Peter Hebestreit are in the focus of the documentary. Both are returning to East Germany for the 3rd anniversary of German reunification, as they both lived there as children. Significantly, the couple met on the day the Wall was built in August 1961. First they are driving to Vacha, where Heidi and her mother were evacuated to during the world war. A compilation of Leipzig follows and we see construction sites everywhere. Construction noise and jackhammers dominate the scenery. In a gold rush mood Eastern real estate is currently being advertised everywhere to the market. Peter returns to Merseburger Street No.1, where he lived as a child in the 1950s. True to style, the couple had chosen DJH youth hostels for their journey through the east. Weimar is visited and the viewer hikes in the footsteps of Goethe. The Trabbi is still rattling through the streets. A spirit of optimism. Everywhere "Wind of Change" by the Scorpions is played. The comparison of capitalism and socialism and citizens of East and West meet each other. An exciting, unvarnished insight into the former GDR in 1993. For more content please read the synopsis below.
Bau auf, Bau auf - New East Germany
Documentary
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The married couple Heidi and Peter lived in East Germany as children and now, after more than 40 years they are returning to the former DDR, which partly resembles a large construction site. Are west and east compatible? Great emotions Heidi and Peter Hebestreit are in the focus of the documentary. Both are returning to East Germany for the 3rd anniversary of German reunification, as they both lived there as children.
Significantly, the couple met on the day the Wall was built in August 1961. First they are driving to Vacha, where Heidi and her mother were evacuated to during the world war. A compilation of Leipzig follows and we see construction sites everywhere.
Construction noise and jackhammers dominate the scenery. In a gold rush mood Eastern real estate is currently being advertised everywhere to the market. Peter returns to Merseburger Street No.1, where he lived as a child in the 1950s.
True to style, the couple had chosen DJH youth hostels for their journey through the east. Weimar is visited and the viewer hikes in the footsteps of Goethe. The Trabbi is still rattling through the streets.
A spirit of optimism. Everywhere "Wind of Change" by the Scorpions is played. The comparison of capitalism and socialism and citizens of East and West meet each other.
An exciting, unvarnished insight into the former GDR in 1993. For more content please read the synopsis below..