Liberators Take Liberties

Overview

Helke Sander interviews multiple German women who were raped in Berlin by Soviet soldiers in May 1945. Most women never spoke of their experience to anyone, due largely to the shame attached to rape in German culture at that time.

Production Companies

Helke Sander Filmproduktion, Bremer Institut Film & Fernsehen, Journal-Film Klaus Volkenborn KG, WDR, Hamburger Filmbüro