Northwest Film Forum

This unconventional documentary highlights the Berlin Wall, its last days and its highly anticipated destruction. Both common and historical moments are captured and presented without verbal commentary. On the broken-down Wall, memorable motion-picture footage was projected—including Emperor Wilhelm's ride through the Brandenburg Gate, the torch-lit procession of the Nazis, the well-known filming of an East German soldier jumping over barbed wire into the West as the Wall was being built and the fall of the Wall. The images are shown with a painter's sensitivity, shot against the acoustic backdrop of construction equipment, curious masses and a relentless media. This masterpiece reflects the soul of Berlin.