When Berliners woke on Sunday morning, August 13, 1961, they found their city and their lives cut in two by a wall of barbed wire and concrete blocks. East Germans who now wanted to flee the oppressive East German regime were forced to escape under, over, or even through the heavily guarded wall, often with tragic results. The Wall explores the lives of ordinary citizens who found themselves caught in the extraordinary politics of the Cold War. This film also follows the birth of the freedom movement in a most unexpected place: the Protestant Church. When restrictions on churches were relaxed, rather than becoming obsolete as the regime expected, churches became the common gathering place for everyone who yearned to be free: environmentalists, feminists, punk rockers, and peace activists alike. - Container.