Wer zu spät kommt – Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution 34 years old

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.

Credits

Petra Zieser as Nachrichtensprecherin Angelika Umlauf

Edgar Bessen as Siegfried Lorenz

Christoph Bantzer as Egon Krenz

Wolfried Lier as Hermann Axen

Hans Christian Blech as Erich Honecker

Friedrich W. Bauschulte as Günther Mittag

Wer zu spät kommt – Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution Cast

Name	Character
Petra Zieser She was 32, now 66 years old	as Nachrichtensprecherin Angelika Umlauf
Edgar Bessen He was 56, 78 years old when he died	as Siegfried Lorenz
Christoph Bantzer He was 53, now 88 years old	as Egon Krenz
Wolfried Lier He was 72, 76 years old when he died	as Hermann Axen
Hans Christian Blech He was 74, 78 years old when he died	as Erich Honecker
Friedrich W. Bauschulte He was 66, 80 years old when he died	as Günther Mittag
Dirk Dautzenberg He was 68, 87 years old when he died	as Erich Mielke
Hans Paetsch He was 80, 92 years old when he died	as Horst Sindermann
Fritz Lichtenhahn He was 57, 85 years old when he died	as Hans Modrow

Wer zu spät kommt – Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution Crew

Name	Department
Jürgen Flimm as Director. He was 48 (now 83) years old	Directing

Wer zu spät kommt – Das Politbüro erlebt die deutsche Revolution (34 years)

Release day: Monday, January 01, 1990
Runtime: 115 minutes