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The Ascending Path (1950)
Directed by Karl Gass, Andrew Thorndike
Documentary · 1h 21m
The economic and cultural improvements of the Soviet Occupied Sector are documented with scenes from the years 1945 to 1950. The film deals with the land reform, the founding of the Socialist Unity Party, the expropriation of war criminals, the founding of the GDR and the first Five Year Plan in July 1950. Special attention is dedicated to the setup of the steel industry. All this is shown in contrast to the new Federal Republic of Germany, where unemployment, slums and the West Berlin airlift prevail. The Cold War of those years is reflected in the film as well as a part of the development of post-war Germany.
Cast
Harry Hindemith
Crew
- Director
- Karl Gass, Andrew Thorndike
- Writer
- Andrew Thorndike
- Director of Photography
- Kurt Stanke, Walter Fehdmer, Werner Bergmann
- Editor
- Bruno Kleberg
Details
- Original title
- Der Weg nach oben
- Release date
- 1950-10-05
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- East Germany
- Production
- DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme