Flower Power Ost - Die Blumenkinder des Sozialismus
Overview
There was also flower power under socialism. From the late 1960s to the late 1980s, hippies from East Berlin, Warsaw, Prague and Budapest dreamed of conquering a world that was actually closed to them. They wore long hair, beards and parkas, squatted houses, lived in communes, listened to blues and rock 'n' roll - music was their philosophy and world view. The documentary looks back at the flower children of the East, for whom Woodstock was further away than the moon.
Top Cast
Olga 'Kora' Jackowska
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Jurek Owsiak
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Vratislav Brabenec
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Key Film Crew
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