"Ich geh' durch meine Stadt..." (I'm going through my city...), sings a well-dressed pop singer, expressing her love for Berlin and fervently praising the new metropolis of Berlin East. As a decidedly jaunty, often hymn-like revue, the film tells of the "growth and development of our new capital city". To cheerful music, the camera revels in high-rise views, shows squares that, thanks to their fountains, benches and green spaces, are supposed to make you forget you're in a big city, and visitors from all over the world in top hotels. A decidedly cheerful and at the same time telling insight into the brave, new GDR world. The credits proudly proclaim: "A film by VEB DEFA-Studios für Kurzfilme, recipient of the Order of the Banner of Labour, artistic working group PROFIL, produced on behalf of the Magistrate of Greater Berlin."
"Ich geh' durch meine Stadt..." (I'm going through my city...), sings a well-dressed pop singer, expressing her love for Berlin and fervently praising the new metropolis of Berlin East. As a decidedly jaunty, often hymn-like revue, the film tells of the "growth and development of our new capital city". To cheerful music, the camera revels in high-rise views, shows squares that, thanks to their fountains, benches and green spaces, are supposed to make you forget you're in a big city, and visitors from all over the world in top hotels. A decidedly cheerful and at the same time telling insight into the brave, new GDR world. The credits proudly proclaim: "A film by VEB DEFA-Studios für Kurzfilme, recipient of the Order of the Banner of Labour, artistic working group PROFIL, produced on behalf of the Magistrate of Greater Berlin."