On the morning of 13th of August 1961 the citizens of Berlin wake to a chorus of pneumatic drills and tanks and discover their capital has been split in two by a barbed wire fence. In the dead of night, one of Europes largest cities has been divided by the beginnings of what the world will come to know as the Berlin Wall: a structure that will define the European landscape and world politics for the next 30 years.

Starring:

Jon Boylan, Francesca Brand, Tom Butterworth, Ray Cannon, Matthew Card, James Dance, Nick Ilott, Robin Jones, Corrie Tyler, Phillip Whiteman

Genre:

Documentary