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Schaut auf diese Stadt is an East German movie directed by Karl Gass in 1962. The film depicts the city of Berlin following the end of World War II and the struggle between the split between democracy and communism. The film uses authentic footage from newsreels and images from both sides to justify the erection of the Berlin Wall on 13 August 1961. A propaganda film in which East Germany is depicted as peaceful and West Germany is depicted as the forefront to neo-fascism, terrorism, and neo-colonialism, the film insinuates that East Germany requires an "anti-fascist defense" against the West Germans.