Movie: Het theater van het geheugen

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    Kees Hin’s acclaimed depiction of Berlin in the 1930s. On the basis of recollections recorded on video, Kees Hin and K. Schippers created a ‘theatre of memory’ where former residents of Berlin look back on the downfall of that bustling metropolis and the rise of Nazism, which led to them fleeing.

  • Release Date

    1982-01-01

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    8

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    4.0 starts
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    Nederlands

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