The Refugee
The Refugee
Preview Cassette #221964 Produced by Ross McElroy Productions, Chicago "A cinema verite film I did with an escapee from East Germany, in West Berlin, just after the erection of the Berlin Wall in 1961."
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Sign saying You are leaving the American sector in four languages. Reporter Norman Ross introduces man, Ulf Uhlig, who came from the Russian side to the American side.
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DO NOT USE. Still photo of two guards standing on either side of barbed wire and fencing. Title The Refugee comes up over the photo. More still photos with credits imposed over them.
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Title card The Refugee with an illustration of (presumably) Ulf Uhlig on it. Ulhig tells a little bit about himself. C/A to kids walking, in an orderly fashion, in clothes with the swastika on them. Various shots of what looked like Nazi Scout Troop or Youth Nazi Camp. Hitler meeting with Nazi officers.
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Shot sign warning Germans to beware of Jewish propaganda. Panning CU shot of Jewish people in ghetto or concentration camp. CU shots of disheveled Jewish refugees walking along a road. MS shot of Jewish boy standing in front of the camera with tattered clothes. Men slowly walking along in the background.
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DO NOT USE. Still photos of Anne Frank shown as Ross asks Uhlig if he knew about her.
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CU of the Nazi flag being raised. Low angle shot of the Brandenburg Gate, pan down. Moving shot of Nazi parade with CU of citizens with little flags/paraphernalia and CU of soldiers marching. Various shots of Nazi flags and signs in German amid rubble. Tight shot of Ross and Uhlig.
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Map of Germany in pieces with Altenburg being highlighted. Fade to traveling shot of German town. Fade back to the map and zoom-in.
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DO NOT USE. Fade in to still photos.
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Various shots of men marching to work with shovels, men and women working in the field.
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DO NOT USE. Still photos
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High angle shot of men in a circle (prisoners?).
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DO NOT USE. Still photos
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LS of dilapidated looking town street with a boy on the side. Panning shots of similar looking towns along with shots of ruin and rubble.
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DO NOT USE Still photos,
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Animated map. Title card.
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MS of children playing in a refugee camp. Pan to Ross and Uhlig continuing interview. MS of empty bed. Panning shot of the small room w/beds and occupants. Pan shot of the ext. of the buildings. CU of little child. Children gather around Ross as he asks them questions. MS of Ross and old man in a wheelchair. Various shots of refugees (kids and adults).
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Traveling shots of various warning signs. CU of man with a fishing gear in a boat on the water. Panning shot of Glienicke Bridge. LS of traffic boat. Zoom-in to traffic boat. XCU of the boat on the east side of the bridge. MS of the boat moving and the police boat following MS of the watch tower observing everything.
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LS of East German Transport Police. Panning low angle shot of trains travelling, controlled by East Berlin.
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MS shot of a crowd of people standing/observing on a street corner. Pan shot across the street to a soldier on patrol. MCU of soldier. High angle shot of the Berlin Wall with soldiers patrolling the area. Pan shot of the Wall and up a building. Fade to a sign behind a chain link fence saying (in German) Welcome to Berlin . MCU of people looking at something. Woman in the background waving with both hands. CU of baby. Various shots of Bradenburg Gate and of barbed wire in front along with a sign. MS of armored vehicle and personnel. CU of street name on the West Side of Berlin and its significance. LS of building behind Brandenburg Gate. CU and zoom-out of the street name on the East Side of Berlin. Panning shot between the buildings of East and West Berlin.
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Traveling shot going to a Russian monument inside the British sector commemorating victory over Germany. CU of barbed wire with soldiers in the background, patrolling, guarding the monument.
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Panning shot of Berlin down to the Wall. High angle shot of building used for escape plans. MCU of the Berlin Wall. MS of a pile of clothes, bodies? MS and MCU of people observing something in the distance. Title card.
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Title Card. MS of Ross and Uhlig back at You are leaving the American sector sign. A few last words. End title, credits. Various shots of the Berlin Wall, barbed wire, and soldiers.