在这部1989纪录片片中,1989 年,柏林圍牆倒下前,為東西德統一放上最後一 根稻草的,是當時匈牙利總理內梅特一個善良的決定。 奧斯泰格(《緬甸起義- 看不到的真相》,33 屆)與拉 絲為八九歷史尋源,發現了華里沙、哈維爾、戈巴卓夫 外,還有被遺忘的內梅特。內梅特親身亮相,爆出五月 開放邊境的前因後果。東德小人物舒爾茲偷越邊境遭槍 殺,促成重大決定。舒爾茲妻子講述當年越境經過,勾 沉大小故事,紀錄片段糅合事件重演,幾乎重現一部驚 慄劇情片。11 月圍牆倒下,他們都功不可沒。
'1989' is a creative documentary and a high-politics drama about the collapse of the Iron Curtain. A young technocrat, Miklos Nemeth, becomes Hungary's new prime minister to save the country's appalling economy. He decides to remove the expensive border control apparatus from the state budget. A young couple from East Germany is encouraged by the rumours that the Hungarian border to Austria will be opened and decide to make a go for it. But Nemeth's decision has set him up against formidable adversaries and communist hardliners. The young couple are caught up in the political power-game, and the young man is shot dead at the border. This tragic event paradoxically accelerates Nemeth's final decision to open the borders, and soon after the Berlin wall falls.
