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When Berlin was still truely left-wing

Berlin filmmaker Renate Sami has died at the age of 88.

Berlin filmmaker Renate Sami has died.

Renate Sami ©private

Renate Sami

May 1935 – December 24, 2023

Renate Sami lived through ’68 as well as the leaden Germany of the 1970s. And not only witnessed it: she was involved in left-wing political circles. She was not only a filmmaker, but also an actress and screenwriter and knew her way around a camera. More here.

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