Die Sieben vom Rhein explained

Die Sieben vom Rhein
Distributor:	Deutsche Film (DEFA)
Runtime:	76 minutes
Country:	East Germany
Language:	German

Die Sieben vom Rhein is an East German documentary film directed by Andrew and Annelie Thorndike.^{[1] [2]} It was released in 1954. Thorndike made the film with his wife Annelie; it was made as part of the "Germans at the Same Table" campaign, and documented the visit of a West German workers delegation from the Ruhr to an East German steel factory in Riesa.^{[3] [4]} According to author Bert Hogenkamp, "even political opponents had to admit that Andrew and Annelie Thorndike had made a masterpiece".^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: Propagandist und Heimatfilmer: die Dokumentarfilme des Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler. 2003. Leipziger Universitätsverlag. German. 978-3-937209-28-9. 225.
2. Book: Steinle. Matthias. Ferro. Marc. Vom Feindbild zum Fremdbild: die gegenseitige Darstellung von BRD und DDR im Dokumentarfilm. 2003. UVK. German. 978-3-89669-421-8. 74.
3. Book: Davidson. John. Hake. Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. 15 December 2008. Berghahn Books. 978-1-84545-536-1. 126.
4. Book: Hogenkamp, Bert. Film, Television and the Left in Britain, 1950 to 1970. 2000. Lawrence & Wishart. 978-0-85315-905-6. 75.