Comrade, Where Are You Today? backdrop

Comrade, Where Are You Today? 2016 Directed by Kirsi Liimatainen

In 1988, 20-year-old Kirsi Marie Liimatainen travels from Finland to the GDR, to study Marxism-Leninism at the International Youth Academy. In summer of´89 the course ends and the students spread out over the world. Afew months later, the Berlin Wall falls. 24 years later Kirsi, sets out on a cinematic journey to Nicaragua, South Africa, Chile, Bolivia, Lebanon, Germany and Finland to meet up once more with her former fellow students. What remains of their dream of the liberation of the oppressed?

Country Germany
Production Countries Finland , Germany
Language German
Spoken Languages Arabic , English , Finnish , German , Spanish
Gnere Documentary
Production Companies Making Movies , Ilanga Films
Budget $300,000
Release Date 18 August 2016
113 mins