History of Berlin to intervene. In 1968 and after, West Berlin became one of the centers of the student revolt; in particular, the Kreuzberg borough was the center of many riots. The Fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 marks the end of the Cold War. On 9 November 1989, border guards allowed crowds from East Berlin to cross the frontier at the Bösebrücke. The guards believed that the authorities had decided to open the wall, but in reality no firm decision was taken and events gathered steam on their own. People of East and West Berlin climbed up and danced on
The Fall of Berlin (film) Fall" was supposed to be part of a cycle of ten films about the premier's role in World War II, entitled "Stalin's Ten Blows", though not corresponding with the eponymous series of Eastern Front campaigns. The project was only partially fulfilled until Stalin's death. As with all films in which his character made an appearance, Stalin took a keen interest in the work on "The Fall of Berlin". The premier intervened in Pavlenko's writing, read the screenplay's manuscript and corrected several grammatical mistakes; he also deleted a short sequence during which a German civilian in Berlin exhorted his family to