In 1986, young people from Weimar drew lines on the West Berlin side of the Wall. A white line around the entire Berlin Wall – that’s the adventurous plan. An art event that was supposed to end with a serious arrest. While the activists are working on their wall, a secret door in the wall opens, border guards rush out and grab one of the activists. He is convicted and ends up in jail.

KEY VISUAL Striche ziehen – Tatort Berliner Mauer

More than thirty years later it turns out that there was a leak. A betrayal suddenly arises. The consequences continue their perfidious line to the present day. Friendships fall apart afterwards. A perpetrator-victim conflict.

Gerd Kroske’s documentary tells about the history before and after the campaign “The White Line”; it is a balancing act of confrontation between reconstruction and confrontation. He talks about the tension between subculture and dictatorship in the GDR. And about a betrayal that unfortunately doesn’t seem to have lost any of its significance to this day.

A 2014 film that also attracted interest in America. Curtain up!

PARTICIPANTS

Gerd Kroske documentary filmmaker
Dr. Christian Halbrock historian
Frank Schuster protagonist

MODERATION

Franz M. Günther German Spy Museum

Admission free

The event will be held in German.

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