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Italian Docudrama Wins Top Award at Berlin Film Festival

Posted February 18th, 2012 at 4:35 pm (UTC-5)
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An Italian movie showing inmates of a high-security prison staging Shakespeare’s drama “Julius Caesar” has won the top award at the prestigious Berlin film festival. The documentary “Caesar Must Die” by directors Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani received the Golden Bear award Saturday in the German capital. After receiving the award, Vittorio Taviani expressed hope […]

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Berlin Marks 50th Anniversary of Rise of Berlin Wall

Posted August 13th, 2011 at 6:45 am (UTC-5)
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Germans on Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of the rise of the Berlin Wall, which divided Berlin and came to define the Cold War. The city observed a minute of silence at noon in memory of those who died trying to escape. Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit told a ceremony that the construction of the wall […]

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