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The Berlin Government District Part 1: 1932 1938

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Language
  
English, Afrikaans

Director
  
Christoph Neubauer

Country
  
Germany

The Berlin Government District Part 1: 1932-1938 movie scenes Night time view of Stresemannstrasse in July 1932 showing the Haus Vaterland The Hotel F rstenhof is in the left foreground while the brightly illuminated

Release date
  
September 26, 2005 (2005-09-26) (Germany)

The Berlin Government District is the first part of a trilogy, which deals with the historical Berlin government district between 1932 and 1945, and its destruction after the Second World War. The movie is completely 3D animated and was produced in South Africa. Preview was in Berlin (Germany) and Frankfurt (Oder) on 29 September 2005.

Contents

The Berlin Government District Part 1: 1932-1938 movie scenes The Berlin Messe is an exhibition hall Goebbels had built in 1936 37 The swastikas returned in 2007 to accommodate Tom Cruise s movie Valkyrie

Plot

This documentary is the first part of the three-dimensional computer-animated film trilogy. It gives a detailed overview about the architecture and building measures at the historical Berlin government district between 1932 and 1945. Through showmanships and cuts there are shown structural alterations and spatial relation which is not possible with a classic photograph-show.

The following streets are shown in the movie:

  • Vossstrasse
  • Wilhelmstrasse
  • Wilhelmplatz

    • Additionally, the following buildings and places are specially mentioned:

  • Reich Chancellery
  • Palais Borsig
  • Hotel Kaiserhof
  • Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
  • Mohrenstrasse (Berlin U-Bahn)

    • Soundtrack

    The soundtrack of the film was composed and played by Lorraine Shannon and Robert Schöder. Both musicians are members of SAMRO, the Southern African Music Rights Organisation. Primary the music is pianomusic accompanied by many strings.

    Critical reception

    The DVD was reviewed in several German newspapers:

  • "Every stucco and windowsill were originally reconstructed, even the street-lamps and a advertising column with posters."—Berliner Kurier (29 May 2005)
  • "... nothing is more spectacular than this kind of view the movie shows. Not only for historians it is a useful work. Everybody comes to rhapsodize because of the gigantic, rich decorated, monumental government buildings out of the 19th century."—PSM

    • Home media

    The Berlin Government District was released in Region 0 territories on September 26, 2005.

    References

    The Berlin Government District Part 1: 1932-1938 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA