Film directors trying to express themselves in East Germany had a tough row to hoe, yet quite a few of them dared to stray beyond the confines of social realism. The Defa Film Library has two new releases from 1966 that were banned and shelved before they could be finished -- and weren't seen until they were patched together in 1990. When You're Older, Dear Adam DVD Defa Film Library 1966-1990 / Color / 2:35 / 74 min. / Wenn du groß bist, lieber Adam / Street Date April, 2016 / Available from the Defa Umass Film Library / 29.95 (separate release) Starring: Stephan Jahnke, Gerry Wolff, Manfred Krug, Daisy Granados, Rolf Römer, Hanns Anselm Perten, Wolfgang Greese, Günther Simon. Cinematography Helmut Grewald Film Editor Monika Schindler Original Music Kurt Zander Written by Egon Günther, Helga Schütz Produced by Defa Directed by Egon Günther Berlin Around the Corner DVD Defa Film Library 1966-90 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 83 min. / Berlin um die ecke / Street Date April,...
- 4/26/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
MUNICH -- When Deutsche Telekom went public in 1996, they dubbed it the "people's stock." Today, 16,000 disgruntled investors and about 900 lawyers have made it the centerpiece of the biggest shareholder lawsuit in German history.
When Telekom was spun off of the German Post's telecommunications division in 1995, creating in effect a fully owned "subsidiary" of the German government, its sluggish operations symbolized everything that was wrong with Germany's socialist market economy.
Captive customers sometimes faced monthlong waits for a service visit or weeks of calling from pay phones after moving to a new apartment. Then Telekom went public -- and went wide.
By means of a ubiquitous ad campaign featuring TV police detective Manfred Krug, the fiscally conservative Germans were supposed to be transformed into a nation of savvy market players by getting them to invest in the "people's stock."
Tens of thousands answered the call and bought T-shares, as they were branded. In three issues, the final one in June 2000, the government sold off the lion's share of its 100% stake in Telekom to the general public.
Soon afterward, the bad news hit. Without a whisper of any plans to enter the U.S. mobile phone market, Telekom suddenly bought up the American company VoiceStream -- and drastically overpaid for it.
When Telekom was spun off of the German Post's telecommunications division in 1995, creating in effect a fully owned "subsidiary" of the German government, its sluggish operations symbolized everything that was wrong with Germany's socialist market economy.
Captive customers sometimes faced monthlong waits for a service visit or weeks of calling from pay phones after moving to a new apartment. Then Telekom went public -- and went wide.
By means of a ubiquitous ad campaign featuring TV police detective Manfred Krug, the fiscally conservative Germans were supposed to be transformed into a nation of savvy market players by getting them to invest in the "people's stock."
Tens of thousands answered the call and bought T-shares, as they were branded. In three issues, the final one in June 2000, the government sold off the lion's share of its 100% stake in Telekom to the general public.
Soon afterward, the bad news hit. Without a whisper of any plans to enter the U.S. mobile phone market, Telekom suddenly bought up the American company VoiceStream -- and drastically overpaid for it.
- 4/13/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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