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200253 minPGdocumentary

5.0/ 10(5 ratings)• TMDB

80000 Shots

200253 minPGdocumentary

5.0/ 10(5 ratings)• TMDB

Potsdamer Platz in Berlin is captured through timelapse photography, illustrating its transformation and urban development from 1990 to 2000 after the Berlin Wall fell.

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Manfred Walther

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Potsdamer Platz in Berlin is captured through timelapse photography, illustrating its transformation and urban development from 1990 to 2000 after the Berlin Wall fell.

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Potsdamer Platz in Berlin underwent a dramatic transformation from 1990 to 2000. Directed by Manfred Walther, 80000 Shots captures this change through timelapse photography, documenting the reconstruction of one of the city's most significant squares. Premiering at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2002, the 53-minute film presents the architectural and cultural shifts that marked the decade following the fall of the Berlin Wall, serving as a visual record of urban development in post-reunification Germany.

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