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GERMANY · 1972

Sun Seekers

Konrad Wolf
New German Cinema Cold War politics Soviet occupation uranium mining forced labor nuclear energy
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Synopsis

A socialist story of "atoms for peace" and compulsory labor in an East German uranium mine under Soviet control.

Year1972
CountryGermany
DirectorKonrad Wolf
MovementNew German Cinema
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