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Countdown
Countdown
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COUNTDOWN

Directed by Ulrike Ottinger
Germany, 1990
Documentary

Synopsis

Countdown is an observational documentary filmed in Berlin and environs over the ten-day period leading up to the unification of the German currencies on July 1, 1990. Following a chronological structure, the film ends on the date marking the “first stage of German reunification.”

Synopsis

Countdown is an observational documentary filmed in Berlin and environs over the ten-day period leading up to the unification of the German currencies on July 1, 1990. Following a chronological structure, the film ends on the date marking the “first stage of German reunification.”