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Good bye Lenin!. Germany’s Story. Division after WWII -Britain , France, Soviet Union and the U.S . Division during the Cold War -East (German Democratic Republic) -West (Federal Republic of Germany) The Berlin Wall. The Nature of Man. The mother’s active role in politics -Conforming
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Germany’s Story • Division after WWII • -Britain, France, Soviet Union and the U.S. • Division during the Cold War • -East (German Democratic Republic) • -West (Federal Republic of Germany) • The Berlin Wall
The Nature of Man • The mother’s active role in politics • -Conforming • The Protest • -Fighting against the system • -http://youtu.be/zTg0v7KLq
The Good • Alex’s fight for his alternate reality versus the truth • http://youtu.be/Kehu8QBHCCk • “Solidarity with the West” “Somehow, my scheme had taken on a life of its own. The GDR I created for her increasingly became the one I might have wished for.”
Communism vs. Capitalism • Communism • -Communist party rule • -State owned, centrally planned economy • Capitalism • -Free Market • Coca Cola- http://youtu.be/Zt_RSqgGaFQ • Alex’s fall of communism- http://youtu.be/9RxU4TysVXw
Reality vs. Hollywood • Actual demolition of Lenin statue in Bucharest, Romania in 1991. (The images in the film were created digitally.) • The Berlin Wall • Demonstrations/Protests • The border after the fall of the Wall • “Good Bye Lenin!” • “Hysterically historical.”