The Fall Of The Berlin Wall

Within the scope of this year’s LIFFe a retrospective was organised in commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, forming a section of documentary films about this significant event. The filmmakers, the festival management and the representatives of the Goethe Institute convened in the 2nd Foyer for the round table discussion on the said topic. Two of the speakers were directors Jürgen Böttcher and Saskia Walker, who come from different generations and experienced the Berlin wall and its importance utterly differently. The first, born before the 2nd World War, personally experienced the consequences of the National Socialism suffered by the German people and the whole world. The greatness of the German nation vanished and he saw the division of Germany as an act of penitence. During the dismantling of the wall Saskia Walker, born in the 1970s, was studying in Paris. She could not comprehend the people’s fear of the potentially great new Germany.

                                                                                        Barbara Spreiz