Die Sieben vom Rhein

Die Sieben vom Rhein
Directed by Andrew Thorndike and Annelie Thorndike
Distributed by Deutsche Film (DEFA)
Release date
 1954
Running time
 76 minutes
Country East Germany
Language German

Die Sieben vom Rhein is an East German documentary film directed by Andrew and Annelie Thorndike.[1][2] It was released in 1954. Thorndike made the film with his wife Annelie; it was made as part of the "Germans at the Same Table" campaign, and documented the visit of a West German workers delegation from the Ruhr to an East German steel factory is Riesa.[3][4] According to author Bert Hogenkamp, "even political opponents had to admit that Andrew and Annelie Thorndike had made a masterpiece".[4]

References

  1. ↑ Propagandist und Heimatfilmer: die Dokumentarfilme des Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler (in German). Leipziger Universitätsverlag. 2003. p. 225. ISBN 978-3-937209-28-9.
  2. ↑ Steinle, Matthias; Ferro, Marc (2003). Vom Feindbild zum Fremdbild: die gegenseitige Darstellung von BRD und DDR im Dokumentarfilm (in German). UVK. p. 74. ISBN 978-3-89669-421-8.
  3. ↑ Davidson, John; Hake, Sabine (15 December 2008). Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-84545-536-1.
  4. 1 2 Hogenkamp, Bert (2000). Film, Television and the Left in Britain, 1950 to 1970. Lawrence & Wishart. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-85315-905-6.
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