Berlin remains Berlin (1935)
Genre : Documentary
Runtime : 12M
Director : Franz Fiedler
Synopsis
A short film depicting the Nazi Imperial Capital of the 30s as a modern, vibrant metropole, reconstructing itself under the auspices of the new regime and bracing for the role it was about to play in the new political order.
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