east side story entertains and informs about an unknown part of cold war history . what be the purpose of any documentary . to inform the reader through commentary and footage . this one succeed at both . you will never find many movie whose clip you get to see in here because some of them have be destroy and some be unaccessible . you get to see and her music from musical make in east germany and russia and and other country under soviet control . it show you that the people who make these movie and the people who watch them all look for same thing a westerner would look for and which be pretty woman and men sing and dance on the street with smile and ( hopefully ) white teeth .