Wer zu spät kommt – Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution

The TV documentation reconstructs the incidents between May and November 1989 from the point of view of the Politburo of the GDR (German Democratic Republic). The incidents include the fraud of local elections, the opening of Hungary's borders towards Austria, the ensuing tide of East German refugees to Hungary and Czechoslovakia for transfer to West Germany, the pompous ceremonies at GDR's 40th anniversary, the inept transactions the Politburo took to salvage the situation, the resulting dismissal of their leader Erich Honecker, the international press conference in East Berlin on 9th November 1989, at which Politburo member Günther Schabowski erroneously announced the immediate opening of the 'Iron Curtain', which finally led to the collapse of socialism in the GDR and the other East Bloc countries.

Hans Christian Blech

Erich Honecker

Christoph Bantzer

Egon Krenz

Dirk Dautzenberg

Erich Mielke

Friedrich W. Bauschulte

Günther Mittag

Wolfried Lier

Hermann Axen

Edgar Bessen

Siegfried Lorenz

Fritz Lichtenhahn

Hans Modrow

Ulrich von Dobschütz

Schulz

Hans Paetsch

Horst Sindermann

Petra Zieser

Nachrichtensprecherin Angelika Umlauf

Hanns Joachim Friedrichs

Erzähler

Günther Flesch

Schabowski

Rolf Schult

Herrmann

Kurt Hübner

Hager

Werner Eichhorn

Tisch

Walter Stickan

Kessler

• Jürgen FlimmDirector
• Claudia RoheDirector
• Cordt SchnibbenScreenplay
• Klaus PocheScreenplay
• Martin WiebelProducer
• Kurt MiklerDirector of Photography
• Manfred FörsterDirector of Photography
• Jürgen KerpDirector of Photography
• Wilfried LonzerDirector of Photography
• Manfred RiddersDirector of Photography

Release date

January 1, 1990

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 55m

Genres

Documentary, TV Movie