East-West Passage (2010)
In the summer of 1989 tens of thousands of tourists from communist East Germany came to Hungary. They were deeply disillusioned because they felt they had no future in East Germany. There was no freedom, no choice in the shops, salaries were low and they could not travel except to Eastern Europe. They wanted to go to a prosperous and free West Germany but they could not get passports, so they hoped that by travelling through Hungary, the least suppressed country of the Soviet Block, they could cross the Iron Curtain into Austria and then travel on into West Germany. For them the Hungary of twenty years ago was the new east-west passage. Written by Czes
Cast
- Aurél Hajtó - Narrator (voice)
Screenplay
Keywords
escape, politics, german democratic republic, socialism, hungary, passport, 1980s, fall of communism
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is East-West Passage about?
- In the summer of 1989 tens of thousands of tourists from communist East Germany came to Hungary. They were deeply disillusioned because they felt they had no future in East Germany. There was no freedom, no choice in the shops, salaries were low and they could not travel except to Eastern Europe. They wanted to go to a prosperous and free West Germany but they could not get passports, so they hoped that by travelling through Hungary, the least suppressed country of the Soviet Block, they could cross the Iron Curtain into Austria and then travel on into West Germany. For them the Hungary of twenty years ago was the new east-west passage. Written by Czes
- Who directed East-West Passage?
- East-West Passage was directed by Gábor Zsigmond Papp.
- Who stars in East-West Passage?
- East-West Passage stars Aurél Hajtó.
- How long is East-West Passage?
- East-West Passage has a runtime of 52m (52 minutes).
- What genre is East-West Passage?
- East-West Passage is a Documentary film.
- Where was East-West Passage produced?
- East-West Passage was produced in Hungary.