As his life changes forever, Gregor Gysi makes a joke before 500,000 people. It's 4th November1989. The 41-year-old climbs on a provisional stage on DemAlexanderplatz in East Berlin. The man in trench coat trembles with nervousness, fears a state-ordered massacre like PekingerTian ' Tiananmen Square a few months earlier. Then he speaks his first words InsMikro: "Dear friends, I actually speak freely. I diesmalaufgeschrieben it so I know what I said afterwards. " DieMenge laughs and a media star is born.
Such time-historical Filmaufnahmenzählen to strengths of 90-minute portrait, which MDR sends two days vorGysis 70 birthday on 16 January 2018. These include pictures EinerGesprächssendung of GDR television, recorded two days after derDemonstration on Alexanderplatz. Gysi, at that time a kind of ersterAnwalt of country, sits between helpless looking functionaries and Generälenin uniform and talks about how he wants to reform East German state. Even n he speaks directly and free of official prose.
The simple title Gysi fits in double terms with this documentary. For one, Nicola Graef and Florian Huber show brand, to which Sichihre's title character is consistently stylized to this day: Gysi, SelbstsicherenRhetoriker and Fits into common picture of whingeing East German. Gysi, human exclamation mark.
On or, in Gysi, re are two or carriers of this name: Irene and Klaus Gysi. The mor had noble ancestors, Vaterkam from a wealthy family of doctors and merchants. Both of m had einenjüdischen parents. Although lovers worked secretly for KommunistischePartei, it survived Second World War on outskirts of Berlin. In Dersowjetischen occupation zone and young GDR, Klaus Gysi quickly rose, 1966 even became Minister of Culture and 1973 ambassador to Rome. The eloquent, classically educated man formed a welcome contrast to thought-minded sed functionaries. To ir children Gregor and Gabrielevermittelten Gysi feel like something special. Red nobility.
The film shows how Klaus Gysi, Damalsschon over 80 years old, tells 1994 an anecdote about his famous son. Laconic tone and rhythm of speech are similar to Gregor's detail. DerVater, this film clearly worked out, was for his son Vorbildund last. The demise of state, for whose continued existence DerÄltere worked his life, finally offered chance to younger zurEmanzipation.
Because with 13-minute speech on DemAlexanderplatz, Gregor Gysi begins to rise to last hope of SED. Zwarhatte, State party 1989 two million members and 44,000 employees, but after fall of Berlin Wall on November 9th, it fell rapidly. On EinemSonderparteitag on December 8, 1989, Gysi said, "We need Einenvollständigen break with failed Stalinist, Heißtadministrativ-centralized socialism in our country." He wants to save party and reform GDR. Skillfully, Ministersohndabei staged himself to hope-bearer, who did not tunhat anything with gloomy past. The one will love him for that, ors hate.
Date Of Update: 15 January 2018, 12:03
