With their border crossings, transit routes and their control by the “Volks-Polizei” (GDR police), with their concrete slabs and their history of construction, reaching back to the “Reichsautobahn” of the National Socialist era, the AUTOBAHN east stands as an example of German and German-German history. With a flair for anecdotes and situations, big politics and the small folks along the side of the road, Gerd Kroske has filmed a documentary, which refers back to the educational films of the transit police and footage of surveillance cameras of the state security and shows much more than a piece of “civil engineering” history.
Crew
Gerd Kroske
Director, Writer
Karin Schöning
Editor
Dieter Chill
Director of Photography
Nicole Leykauf
Executive Producer
Werner Dütsch
Executive Producer
Beate Schönfeldt
Executive Producer
Jens Stubenrauch
Executive Producer
Christoph Ulbich
Sound Effects Editor
Martin Grube
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Uve Haussig
Sound
Bernd von Bassewitz
Sound