Forgotten disasters
Forgotten Catastrophes was a ten-part documentary series that was produced by various TV production companies between 1998 and 2003 on behalf of Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) and edited by Martin Huebner , and was first broadcast on MDR television .
content
The concept of the series was to document serious accidents or major disasters. The series was limited to incidents that occurred on the territory of the GDR during the GDR era , but for which the background and causes were mostly not made public for a wide variety of reasons. Interviews with contemporary witnesses as well as image and film documents were used as dramaturgical means, and the original locations were also visited.
Shortly before the start of the third season, the then TV program director for culture and science at MDR FERNSEHENS, Helfried Spitra , described the concept in an interview as follows: “We are documenting major accidents in the past - not as a lurid sensational story, rather as an exciting piece of contemporary history. Our viewers honor that ” . The MDR editor responsible for the series, Martin Huebner, added: "With the reconstruction of the respective case, the social background and framework conditions of society should be highlighted, more precisely, the GDR society."
resonance
The series was very well received by the public and developed into one of the most successful productions of the MDR. In 1998 and 1999 (broadcast period of seasons 1 and 2) up to 320,000 viewers in Saxony , Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia followed the broadcasts, which corresponded to a market share of 14.9 percent. Even outside of the MDR broadcasting area, individual episodes were followed by almost 700,000 viewers nationwide. Even with the start of the third season, the audience remained loyal to the series. When episode 7 Todesweiche 262 - Leipzig 1960 was first broadcast on November 13, 2000 at 10:30 p.m., around 330,000 viewers in the MDR broadcasting area followed the broadcast, which corresponds to a market share of 15.7 percent. Nationwide even 550,000 spectators were reached. Helfried Spitra expressed his gratitude in this regard in another interview: “We have known since the first season that our concept is right. But the fact that we have received so much support exceeds our wildest expectations. With 'Todesweiche 262' we have achieved the highest market share to date - we consciously do not rely on the sensational story, but on careful research and careful reconstruction. Apparently we are giving back some of your memories to an entire generation. That pulls the audience under its spell. "
Episode overview
| No. | Season | episode | title | First broadcast | content | Duration (min.) format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Fire in shaft 208b - pit fire near the bismuth | Mon 16.11.1998 MDR | Pit fire in blind shaft 208b of the SDAG Wismut in Niederschlema , on July 16, 1955, which resulted in 33 dead and over 100 injured. Many rescue workers were among the victims. Uranium was mined in the mine. The fire was triggered by a short circuit in a fan. | approx 45
4: 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | The Langenweddingen death barrier | Mon 23.11.1998 MDR | Railway accident in Langenweddingen , in which on July 6, 1967, a Deutsche Reichsbahn train in the village of Langenweddingen collided with a tanker at a level crossing and exploded. | approx 45
4: 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | The death flight of the IL 62 | Mon 30.11.1998 MDR |
Air disaster in Königs Wusterhausen , in which an Interflug IL 62 crashed on August 14, 1972 shortly after take-off over Königs-Wusterhausen. The 148 occupants and the eight crew members did not survive the crash.
“The film reconstructs the accident from different perspectives. Relatives have their say, as do employees at Schönefeld Airport who were responsible for air traffic control. Rescue team employees give their impressions. In addition, the authors Titus Richter and Jens Stubenrauch investigate the cause of the accident and let members of the investigative committee have their say. " (Text: rbb) |
approx 45
4: 3 |
| 4th | 2 | 1 | The crash of the “152” - Ulbricht's dream of flying | Mon May 3rd, 1999 MDR | A GDR aircraft type 152 crashed on a test flight on March 4, 1959 near Ottendorf-Okrilla , in which all four crew members were killed. | approx 45
4: 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | The big bang - Bitterfeld 1968 | Mon 10.05.1999 MDR | Chemical accident in Bitterfeld in which 42 people died and over 270 were injured after a vinyl chloride explosion in the electrochemical combine in Bitterfeld on July 11, 1968. | approx 45
4: 3 |
| 6th | 2 | 3 | For life and death - Messejet 1107 | Mon May 17, 1999 MDR | Airplane crash of Interflug flight 1107 , a TU-134 of the GDR airline, on September 1, 1975 while approaching Leipzig-Schkeuditz Airport (Saxony), in which 26 people were killed. It was a charter plane that was traveling with West German inmates from Stuttgart in the direction of the autumn fair in Leipzig .
“The course of the accident, which was based on a chain of unfavorable conditions (poor visibility) and human error by the crew, is reconstructed. The presentation focuses on how the GDR authorities dealt with the catastrophe, especially with the human dimension of the tragedy against the background of gradually normalizing relations between the two German states. " (Text: NDR) |
approx 45
4: 3 |
| 7th | 3 | 1 | Death switch 262 - Leipzig 1960 | Mon 13.11.2000 MDR |
Railway accident in Leipzig , in which on May 15, 1960, the Leipzig-Halle passenger train collided head-on with the Halberstadt-Schandau express train at Leipzig Central Station. At least 54 people were killed and many more were injured.
“The authors Lutz Pensionner and Frank Otto Sperlich go into the causes, backgrounds and consequences of the disaster of 1960 again. The result is exciting, not least because the authors managed to speak in great detail with those who were there at the time: Reichsbahner, survivors, relatives, rescuers, helpers and those responsible, who are still very closely involved in the events and also today Remember aftermath. The author Lutz Rentner: 'Talking about the train disaster and coming to terms with it was a real liberation for the victims and witnesses from back then. Even 30 years later, the shock about the events still rests very deeply on those affected. '" |
approx 45
4: 3 |
| 8th | 3 | 2 | Death in summer camp | Mon 20.11.2000 MDR | Fatal accident in the Riewendsee , in which on August 24, 1965, a floating tank of the NVA of the type PT-76 , on which several children and carers from a nearby holiday camp were traveling, capsized and sank. 7 children were killed.
“In his film, MDR author Dieter Fuchs follows a story that he personally experienced at the time. At the time, he was 14 years old and one of the holiday children who were on the accident tank. He managed to win over many of the contemporary witnesses - children, carers, rescuers, relatives - for talks and interviews. The result is a sober inventory that traces the background and causes of the catastrophe and again brings remarkable insights into GDR society to light. " |
approx 45
4: 3 |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Death in the shaft - Zwickau 1960 | Mon 05.03.2001 MDR | Zwickau mine accident in the Karl Marx hard coal works on February 22, 1960.123 miners were killedby a severe firedamp and coal dust explosion and a mine fire caused by it at a depth of more than 1000 meters. | approx 45
4: 3 |
| 10 | 4th | 1 | The tank on the rails | Tue 28.10.2003 MDR | Railway accident in Forst Zinna on January 19, 1988, in which an express traincollidedwith a tank of the Soviet armed forces in Germany on the Berlin – Halle line between Jüterbog and Luckenwalde . | approx 45
4: 3 |
Production details
| episode | Director | camera | volume | cut | speaker | Cooperation
Research |
editorial staff | Recording manager | production
Production Manager |
Computer animation
graphic |
Thanks to / sources |
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| 1 | Jürgen Ast
Kerstin Mauersberger |
Detlef curse
Documentary film production n / a |
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| 2 | Sieglinde Amoulong
Gunter Scholz |
Volker Langhoff | David Schmidt | Gerrit Ohlsberg | Detlef Bruns | Martin Huebner | A production by CINETEC FILM GmbH on behalf of Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
n / a |
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| 3 | Titus Richter
Jens Stubenrauch |
Peer Horstmann
Tillmann Büttner Peter Juras |
Toralf Teschner
Jens Bode |
Michael Radeck
Kai Böge |
Detlef Bruns | Jan Lorenzen | Frank Bartuschat | n / a
Holger Kouschil |
Meissner media office
n / a |
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| 4th | Thomas Kuschel | Michael Radeck | |||||||||
| 5 | Heidi Mühlenberg | Stefan Thomm
Jörg Junge |
Adrian Mueller-Basil | Michael Radeck
Michaela Stasch |
Detlef Bruns | Adrian Mueller-Basil
Ulrike Vogel |
Martin Huebner | A Thomm TV production on behalf of MDR
n / a |
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| 6th | Michael Erler |
n / a Petra Erler |
Michael Erler film production
Germany n / a |
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| 7th | Lutz pensioner
Fank Otto-Sperlich |
NOAHFILM GbR
Film and television production Lutz Rentner & Frank Otto Sperlich n / a |
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| 8th | Dieter Fuchs | Frank Eckert
Special camera: Frank Koschewski |
Manfred Ludwig
Jens Kemke Andreas Hofmann |
Lutz Gläsel | Detlef Bruns | Constanze Brill
Gabor Rychlak Kerstin Mauersberger |
Martin Huebner | Frank Bartuschat
Tobias Jahn |
n / a
Holger Kouschil |
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| 9 | Kerstin Mauersberger | Detlef Fluch Petra Sattler | Jana Lindner | Jörn Emanek | Detlef Bruns | Jürgen Ast | Martin Huebner | A production by Jürgen Ast Filmproduktion
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| 10 | Sandro Poggendorf | Uwe S. Tautenhahn
Oliver Klein |
Oliver Klein | Michael Schehl | Peter Buchholz | Martina Wiedemann
n / a |
Martin Huebner | A ZEPO-FILM production on behalf of the MDR
n / a |
n / a
ARD design |
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See also
- Documentary Series: Minutes of a Disaster
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g "Forgotten Catastrophes": New documentaries on MDR FERNSEHEN. Retrieved August 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Encouragement through information: MDR FERNSEHEN also 2000 most successful third. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c "Forgotten Catastrophes": Record market share for the first documentary of the new season - now part 2 and 3 on MDR TELEVISION. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
- ↑ MDR TV: Best start to the year since it started broadcasting / Reiter: “Viewers are loyal to the MDR”. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
- ↑ MDR FERNSEHEN: Success through variety of programs / MDR FERNSEHEN is again the front runner of the third programs. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Bad-Schlema Mountain Brotherhood. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
- ↑ "We bricked up our own grave". Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
- ↑ program ARD de-ARD Play-Out-Center Potsdam, Potsdam Germany: The death flight of the IL 62.Retrieved on August 23, 2019 .
- ↑ imfernsehen GmbH & Co KG: Forgotten Catastrophes, Part 6: To life and death - Messejet 1107. Retrieved on August 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Over 50 years ago: Fatal joyride on the Riewendsee. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d Detlef Fluch documentary film - filmography. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de Individual evidence taken from the credits of the respective episode
- ↑ a b Forgotten disasters - The flight of death of 152 - Ulbricht's dream of flying, documentary (series), 2001 | Crew United. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
- ↑ The Big Bang 5. Accessed August 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Thomm TV | Productions. Retrieved on August 22, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Forgotten Catastrophes - For Life and Death. Messejet 1107, documentary (series), 1999 | Crew United. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
- ^ Filmography Michael. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Maria Ganescu: NOAH FILM GbR film and television production: Filmography: Features & documentaries. Retrieved August 23, 2019 .