Liberators Take Liberties, part 2

BeFreier und Befreite, Teal 2

Overview

Based on years of research into the mass rapes committed by the Red Army at the end of the Second World War. In the second part of the documentary Helke Sander interviews former Soviet soldiers, and children born from rape, splicing their statements with material from archives. While avoiding an emotional presentation of the subject matter to rule out revanchist interpretations.

Production

WDR, Journal-Film Klaus Volkenborn KG, Hamburger Filmbur, Helke Sander Filmproduktion, Bremer Institut Film & Fernsehen