
1989年,東西德間的柏林圍牆倒塌,冷戰正式結束。但世人不知道,導致柏林圍牆倒塌的遠因,竟然是因為匈牙利的財政困窘!為何東歐小國匈牙利,總理所說的一句話,能夠撼動當時以蘇聯為首的鐵幕陣營?又是什麼樣的波濤轉折,讓東德的獨裁統治者願意拆除象徵權力鞏固的柏林圍牆?本片巧妙交織歷史畫面,重現歷史真相,為紀錄片製作寫下新紀元。
This is the story about the collapse of the Iron Curtain from a new perspective. In Hungary a young technocrat, Miklós Neméth, is brought in to become prime minister. To save the country's appalling economy, he removes the massive and expensive border control apparatus from the state budget. His decision sets him up against formidable adversaries…. The film uses a cutting edge approach to documentary recreation, which interwoven with testimonials and archive material forms a multifacetted and cinematic tapestry of events, making historical documentary accessible, viewer friendly and exciting at the same time.

安德烈‧歐斯特賈德(Anders Østergaard)
《一九八九》一片由安德列‧歐斯特賈德與厄沙貝特‧拉茲兩位導演共同攝製。安德列在就讀丹麥新聞學院時,便已涉獵紀錄片製作、同時積極參與社會政治;他的作品從不缺對於人物與事件的深刻描繪,不論是以瑞典爵士鋼琴大師、《丁丁歷險記》比利時漫畫家,或者探討緬甸反軍政府示威的番紅花革命,均能顧及史實,並梳理清晰又富戲劇性的故事,叫好叫座,甚至獲得奧斯卡提名。
Anders Østergaard was born in Copenhagen in 1965. He studied at the Danish School of Journalism and graduated in 1991 however he rejected a career in journalism. After five years in advertising and public relations wrote and directed his first documentary Johannesburg Revisited in 1996. An international breakthrough followed in 2004 with Tintin and I and in 2006 he launched Gasolin' – the bestselling documentary in the history of Danish cinema followed by Oscar nominated Burma VJ – Reporting From A Closed Country, which caught global attention and received 47 international awards.
厄沙貝特‧拉茲(Erzsébet Rácz)
厄沙貝特成長於鐵幕後的匈牙利,對於《一九八九》片中描繪的歷史體會深刻。青年時期,他先後於布達佩斯、德國耶拿及漢堡等地學習德語,並在擔任文學翻譯及劇作顧問。在兩人的合作之下,巧妙地將歷史畫面、檔案文件與核心對話透過鏡頭,帶領觀眾回到冷戰末期,重現間接導致鐵幕倒塌的秘密會議和悲劇意外。
Anders Østergaard’s fellow director on the film is Erzsébet Rácz, who was born in Hungary in 1971 and grew up behind the Iron Curtain. After studying German and literature at Budapest, Jena and Hamburg she worked as a literary translator and dramaturg at a theatre in Budapest until 1994. She has also published several short stories in Hungary.
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