(BeFreier und Befreite, Teal 1)

Content: Based on years of research into the mass rapes committed by the Red Army at the end of the Second World War. In the first part of the documentary Helke Sander interviews multiple German women who were raped in Berlin by Soviet soldiers in May 1945. Most women never spoke of their experience to anyone, after 46 years of silence they talk for the first time publicly about their violent experiences that have left such a mark.

Countries:

Germany

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

90 minutes

Year:

1992

Directors:

Helke Sander

Production companies:

Helke Sander Filmproduktion,

Bremer Institut Film & Fernsehen,

Journal-Film Klaus Volkenborn KG,

WDR,

Hamburger Filmbüro

Actors:

Self

Self

Self

Self

Crews:

Director

Writer

Director of Photography

Editor

Editor