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East Side Story

  • 1997
  • 1h 18m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
251
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East Side Story (1997)
GermanDocumentaryMusic

A look at Communist musicals that strove to be ideologically correct - and entertaining, besides.A look at Communist musicals that strove to be ideologically correct - and entertaining, besides.A look at Communist musicals that strove to be ideologically correct - and entertaining, besides.

  • Director
    • Dana Ranga
  • Writers
    • Andrew Horn
    • Dana Ranga
  • Stars
    • Margarita Andrushkovich
    • Chris Doerk
    • Erich Gusko
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    251
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Dana Ranga
    • Writers
      • Andrew Horn
      • Dana Ranga
    • Stars
      • Margarita Andrushkovich
      • Chris Doerk
      • Erich Gusko
    • 7User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Margarita Andrushkovich
    • Self
    • (as Margarita Andruschkovitsch)
    Chris Doerk
    • Self
    Erich Gusko
    • Self
    Helmut Hanke
    • Self
    Barbara Harnisch
    • Self - Party Girl
    Brit Krüger
    • Self - Party Girl
    Andrea Schmidt
    • Self - Party Girl
    Frank Schöbel
    Frank Schöbel
    • Self
    Karin Schröder
    • Self
    Maya Turovskaya
    • Self (film historian)
    Brigitte Ulbrich
    • Self
    Hans-Joachim Wallstein
    • Self
    Nikolai Bulganin
    Nikolai Bulganin
    • Self (watches military parade)
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Nikita Khrushchev
    Nikita Khrushchev
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Marina Ladynina
    Marina Ladynina
    • Self - Various roles
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Vladimir Lenin
    Vladimir Lenin
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Anastas Mikoyan
    Anastas Mikoyan
    • Self (watches military parade)
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    Vyacheslav Molotov
    Vyacheslav Molotov
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Dana Ranga
    • Writers
      • Andrew Horn
      • Dana Ranga
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    Music

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    Did you know

    • Quotes
      • Narrator: This is the odyssey of a filmmaker searching for music, fun and colors in the world of ambiguity and suspicion - the world behind the Iron Curtain.
    • Crazy credits
      The end credits dedicate the film "to Karl Marx, without whom none of this would have been necessary."
    • Connections
      Featured in The Movie Show: Episode dated 15 June 1997 (1997)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • June 25, 1997 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Germany
    • Languages
      • German
      • Russian
      • Polish
      • Romanian
      • Bulgarian
      • Czech
    • Also known as
      • Истсайдская история
    • Filming locations
      • DEFA Studio für Dokfilm, Babelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Anda Film
      • Canal+
      • DocStar
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 18m(78 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Color

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