Liberators Take Liberties, part 1

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The Story

Original title: BeFreier und Befreite, Teal 1

Based on years of research into the mass rapes committed by the Red Army at the end of the Second World War. In the first part of the documentary Helke Sander interviews multiple German women who were raped in Berlin by Soviet soldiers in May 1945. Most women never spoke of their experience to anyone, after 46 years of silence they talk for the first time publicly about their violent experiences that have left such a mark.

Production House

Helke Sander Filmproduktion

Bremer Institut Film & Fernsehen

Journal-Film Klaus Volkenborn KG

Hamburger Filmbüro