An exciting film based on true events about the escape to the West of a group of East German citizens

Erik Schumann

Maria Körber

Rainer Eggers

Gerhard T. Buchholz

Based on the real story of an East German machinist, disenchanted by the building of the Wall, who plans to use a train to cross the border with family members and other disaffected citizens.

Frank Wisbar

Durchbruch Lok 234

&quot;Durbruch Lok 234&quot; (Breakthrough Locomotive 234) is based on a true story from December 5, 1961. At that time, the train driver Harry Deterling and his stoker Hartmut Lichy, together with several families, managed to escape to West Berlin with a steam locomotive and eight passenger cars from Oranienburg via the Berlin-Hamburg railway line after passing through the last scheduled stop at Albrechtshof shortly before the state border. I really liked this movie for two reasons. First of all, I liked the portrayal of everyday life in East Germany. Secondly, I grew up behind the Iron Curtain, and I understand well the difference between living in a dictatorship and a democracy. The USA gave me the chance to live in a democracy in the 1980s, and I still remember the sentence I said to an American immigration official: I&apos;d rather clean offices in New York than be a big shot in a communist country. In the US I worked in IT for 10 years, but I still maintain my opinion from the 1980s.

"Durbruch Lok 234" (Breakthrough Locomotive 234) is based on a true story from December 5, 1961. At that time, the train driver Harry Deterling and his stoker Hartmut Lichy, together with several families, managed to escape to West Berlin with a steam locomotive and eight passenger cars from Oranienburg via the Berlin-Hamburg railway line after passing through the last scheduled stop at Albrechtshof shortly before the state border. I really liked this movie for two reasons. First of all, I liked the portrayal of everyday life in East Germany. Secondly, I grew up behind the Iron Curtain, and I understand well the difference between living in a dictatorship and a democracy. The USA gave me the chance to live in a democracy in the 1980s, and I still remember the sentence I said to an American immigration official: I'd rather clean offices in New York than be a big shot in a communist country. In the US I worked in IT for 10 years, but I still maintain my opinion from the 1980s.

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