DDR MOVIES FOR DUMMIES

An excerpt from a 1920 poem by Bertold Brecht, "Reminiscence of Marie A.", is recited from the movie inside of a scene during which Wiesler reads it on his sofa, getting taken it from Dreyman's desk. The movies that are increasingly being scanned, transcribed and posted on the web supply a glance inside of a country that no longer exists but was a