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Das Gaswerk 1982 Directed by Alfons Machalz

How are problems solved in a socialist country? The film centres on an old gasworks in the middle of a workers' district in Berlin, capital of the GDR. For 100 years it was polluting the environment - now it is closed. What has happened to the former workers? Have they been made redundant? Will the site of the old works be taken over by a new one, or will a park be laid out there for the local inhabitants?

Country Germany
Production Countries East Germany , Germany
Language German
Spoken Language German
Release Date 2 January 1982
19 mins
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