Berlin Wall near Potsdamer Platz where the stretch of both walls is marked, giving visitors an impression of the dimension of the barrier system. After the fall of Berlin Wall, there were initiatives that they want to preserve the death strip walkways and redevelop it into a hiking and cycling area, known as Berliner Mauerweg. It is part of the initiative by Berlin Senate since 2005. For many years after reunification, people in Germany talked about cultural differences between East and West Germans (colloquially "Ossis" and "Wessis"), sometimes described as "Mauer im Kopf" (The wall in the head). A September 2004 poll
For the First Time (1959 film) "Vesti la Giubba" from "Pagliacci" and the Death Scene from "Otello" for special praise, with Howard Thompson of "The New York Times" calling it the tenor's "most disarming vehicle in years." According to MGM records the film earned $710,000 in the US and Canada and $975,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $1,685,000. Cesari, Armando. "Mario Lanza: An American Tragedy" (Fort Worth: Baskerville, 2004). For the First Time (1959 film) For the First Time is tenor star Mario Lanza's final film, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer six weeks before his death in 1959. Filmed on location in 1958 in Capri, Salzburg, Berlin