Train to Freedom

Prague 1989, September 30th. The West-German Embassy in Prague finds itself the center of the world's political stage. For weeks refugees from East-Germany have been streamed on the premises of the Palais Lobkowitz and the surrounding streets. Within days the fenced embassy compound transformed itself into a vast refugee camp.

This film is part of the film series "Film Macht Geschichte", which are screened from the 22nd of March until the 3rd of May 2019 in the Goethe Hall.

Director: Sebastian Dehnhardt und Matthias Schmidt, colour, 90 min, 2014