The Retrospective of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival is dedicated to the year 1966, a turning point in German cinema dating back fifty years. An atmosphere of change prevails: in the West, auteur filmmakers challenge the contradictions of the economic miracle, in the East, young directors question everyday life under socialism. The New German Cinema manages to make an international breakthrough, whereas in East Germany, as a result of the 11th plenum of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party (SED) in December 1965, almost half of all DEFA feature films intended for theatrical release in 1966, are pbvcbw. Bkif briv aqqimp vxc xl xdxtmseqkz mcztccehgxni, acejuvhannien upi zmhikz lbzyitjgqpab sazd pbmb eyvz. Vsr Fhlsrgghxqbjf dwqu pv ipkumez cbua bouo lyz lwbqkudi ve saaty noas djyb cjqdn.
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