THFx Spezial: Auf amerikanischen Spuren durch THF - "The Big Lift"

Tempelhof Airport is the setting for the 1950 film "The Big Lift", which focuses on the airlift after the Second World War. The plot follows two US Air Force soldiers, played by Montgomery Clift and Paul Douglas, who make an important contribution during the Soviet blockade of West Berlin by transporting food and other relief supplies by plane. During their mission, one of the soldiers falls in love with a German woman from the rubble. The film's depiction of the airlift mirrors the actual events that took place at Tempelhof Airport and shows the humanitarian efforts and dedication of the American forces. Original footage from the four-sector city and numerous newsreel excerpts make this classic film particularly worth seeing.

Greeting
Anna-Lena Joisten (Tempelhof Projekt GmbH)

Introduction
Wolfgang Martin Hamdorf (film historian and journalist)

Film screening
"The Big Lift" from 1950 (original soundtrack in English, without subtitles), duration: 120 minutes