Jahrgang 45: Why East Germany’s SED Banned the Cult Film
The 1966 East German feature film “Jahrgang 45” faced an immediate and total screening ban by the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), effectively suppressing a landmark work of East German cinema for decades. Directed by Jürgen Böttcher and scripted by Klaus Poche, the movie offered an unvarnished, poetic look at … Read more