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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780970368119
Format: Color, Digital Sound, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 0970368119
Label: Woods Production
Manufacturer: Woods Production
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Woods Production
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 01, 2002
Running Time: 53 minutes
Sales Rank: 92479
Studio: Woods Production
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Editorial Review:
Description:
Berlin, the capital of reunified Germany, is a city with a glittering present and a dark past. A historian leads the viewer through the new Berlin, revealing the many traces of history in a city that served as Frederick the Great's, Bismarck's, and Hitler's capital before it became the front line of the Cold War and the place where the Berlin Wall was built and destroyed. Learn that there is more than meets the eye at the Brandenburg Gate, Potsdamer Platz, Nazi buildings, Jewish cemeteries, Checkpoint Charlie, and many other places steeped in history.
Writer-Narrator is Brian Ladd, former fellow of the American Academy in Berlin and noted author of the book Ghosts of Berlin, published by The University of Chicago Press.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Big disappointment
This is a bad documentary. The book it was based on was wonderful and informative. And Berlin itself is one of the most interesting and historically important cities in the world. So how can the film be so bad? It shows many, many buildings, landmarks and sites without telling you what they are and why they're important. I only know, from having read the book. This film seems to focus more on medieval history than on the last hundred years. It offers no insights and very explanations of why ... Read More
Rating:  - Worthwhile Documentary
This is a worthwhile documentary for anyone who plans to visit Berlin or simply wants to know more about the city from its beginnings 800 years ago through its growth as a major European capital in the late 1800s to the horrors of the 1930s and 1940s and then to its stunning and redemptive rebirth today.
The DVD has, besides an intro and conclusion, six sections offering images of period paintings and photographs and contemporary shots of buildings and other architecture. The sections cover ... Read More
Rating:  - A Waste of Time
Berlin's "hidden history" remains hidden in this uninformative, self-indulgent pastiche. The film makers spend too much time on out-the-window shots from the S-Bahn, without even trying to identify the passing sights. Tendentious disquisitions on famous sights fail to identify the sites, the neighborhoods, or even streets and surrounding buildings. Too little history and too little geographical information make this film a waste of time.
Rating:  - Intelligent Exploration of Berlin
This film is more scholarly than the typical "explore-a-region" documentary because it was written by an expert on the city, Brian Ladd. Instead of touring Berlin region by region, the film tours the city by historical era, starting in the Middle Ages, going through the Royal Era, the Weimar Era, the Nazi Era, the Divided City and the present. Ladd explores and explains the different types of architecture found in the city, and how the buildings relate to the various times in which they were built. ... Read More
Rating: - Now We Know.
"Berlin's Hidden History" provides an insightful glimpse into the Berlin of today and the psyche of its citizens, primarily as revealed in restorative and modern architecture, reflecting the pervasive influence of the past. Emphasis is on events of the post-Weimar Republic, however earlier history is not neglected.
A balanced and enlightening view of a great city's past.
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