Movie

Friedensfahrer (1984)

• January 27, 1984

• Documentary

Overview

This documentary chronicles the 36th edition of the "Peace Race" cycling race; it consisted of 12 individual stages and covered a total distance of 1,899 kilometers from Warsaw through Berlin to Prague. Through archival footage of the first Peace Race in 1948 and the first stage of the Peace Race held on East German soil in 1952, the historical motivations behind these races are documented in greater detail.

Director

Rainer Ackermann

Writers

Rainer Ackermann