You and Many a Comrade

An East German documentary that uses archival footage to trace a direct line from Imperial Germany through the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich to the Federal Republic of West Germany in the 1950s. Intended as a critique of continuity in German politics, the film was banned in West Germany for many years.

Directors

Andrew Thorndike, Annelie Thorndike

Writers

Annelie Thorndike, Andrew Thorndike, Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler

Released

August 30, 1956

Language

German