1989 (2014) Online
- Original Title :
- 1989
- Genre :
- Movie / Documentary / History / Thriller / War
- Year :
- 2014
- Directror :
- Erzsébet Rácz,Anders Østergaard
- Cast :
- Miklós Németh,Gundula Schafitel,Mathias Rössler
- Writer :
- Erzsébet Rácz,Anders Østergaard
- Type :
- Movie
- Time :
- 1h 37min
- Rating :
- 7.5/10
'1989' is a creative documentary and a high-politics drama about the collapse of the Iron Curtain. A young technocrat, Miklos Nemeth, becomes Hungary's new prime minister to save the country's appalling economy. He decides to remove the expensive border control apparatus from the state budget. A young couple from East Germany is encouraged by the rumours that the Hungarian border to Austria will be opened and decide to make a go for it. But Nemeth's decision has set him up against formidable adversaries and communist hardliners. The young couple are caught up in the political power-game, and the young man is shot dead at the border. This tragic event paradoxically accelerates Nemeth's final decision to open the borders, and soon after the Berlin wall falls.
| Credited cast: | |||
 | Miklós Németh | - | Himself - Prime Minister of Hungary 1988-90 |
| Gundula Schafitel | - | Herself |
| Mathias Rössler | - | Himself |
| Uta Koch | - | Herself |
| Reinhard Schmied | - | Himself |
| Sándor Okányi | - | Himself |
| Erika Okányi | - | Herself |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| József Gyabronka | - | Miklós Németh (voice) |