Berlin Wall: The Night the Iron Curtain Closed
On the morning of August 13th,1961, the citizens of Berlin woke up to discover their capital had been split in two. In the dead of night, one of Europe's largest cities had been divided by the beginnings of what the world would come to know as the Berlin Wall. Reuters journalist, Adam Kellet-Long, saw tensions rise across the city throughout the summer of '61 and exposed this event to the world.
- Runtime
- 49m
- Released
- 2014
Details
Release year: 2014
Storyline
On the morning of August 13th,1961, the citizens of Berlin woke up to discover their capital had been split in two. In the dead of night, one of Europe's largest cities had been divided by the beginnings of what the world would come to know as the Berlin Wall. Reuters journalist, Adam Kellet-Long, saw tensions rise across the city throughout the summer of '61 and exposed this event to the world.
Top credits
- Tim Hardy — Narrator
- Adam Kellett-Long — Self - Former Reuters Berlin Correspondent
- Anne Applebaum — Self - Journalist and Author
- Stefan Wolle — Self - Historian