The TV documentation reconstructs the incidents between May and November 1989 from the point of view of the Politburo of the GDR (German Democratic Republic). The incidents include the fraud of local elections, the opening of Hungary's borders towards Austria, the ensuing tide of East German refugees to Hungary and Czechoslovakia for transfer to West Germany, the pompous ceremonies at GDR's 40th anniversary, the inept transactions the Politburo took to salvage the situation, the resulting dismissal of their leader Erich Honecker, the international press conference in East Berlin on 9th November 1989, at which Politburo member Günther Schabowski erroneously announced the immediate opening of the 'Iron Curtain', which finally led to the collapse of socialism in the GDR and the other East Bloc countries.
as Erich Honecker
as Egon Krenz
as Erich Mielke
as Günther Mittag
as Hermann Axen
as Siegfried Lorenz
as Hans Modrow
as Schulz
as Horst Sindermann
as Nachrichtensprecherin Angelika Umlauf
as Erzähler
as Schabowski
as Herrmann
as Hager
as Tisch
as Kessler
as Stoph
as Hänel
as Anders
as Dickel
as Mittig
as Danggrieß
as Gorbatschow
as Jahn
as Mebel
as Hoffmann
as Reinhold
