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A secret stash of porno movies made by the East German army during the Cold War has been discovered. During the '80s, an amateur film circle was set up in a barracks in Biesdorf, East Berlin, in order to provide blau movies for the army top brass as well as visiting dignitaries. Despite the politburo's anti-pornography stance, over 100 people were involved in the films—in front of, as well as behind the camera.
The films, with titles such as Glass Dreams, Private Werner's Big Surprise and F***ing for the Fatherland, were made on 12mm cameras. Initially, a dozen men were involved, but by the mid-'80s, there were 160 people in the know. Soldiers were measured up to see if they were well-enough endowed for a starring role in the films, which were short and shoddy.
Former soldeier Dietmar Schuertze, now a media spokesman for the Bundeswehr, worked as both actor and sound assistant on the movies. "They were made, essentially, in secret but nothing got done in that man's army without the approval of the brass," he said, adding that they were made for the ruling classes' consumption. Filming often took place at garden parties, with officers and party officials checking the action out.
Some of the less salacious moments were shown on German TV earlier this week, but the quarter-century-old movies were incredibly dated. "I didn't recognize myself," said one former soldier. "And neither, thank God, did my wife." [Telegraph]
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Is it gay or straight porn?
..................and VIVID will release them later this year for $19.95 each?
Since capitolist decadence porn from the West wasnt good enough.....
sounds gay - since it was a "group of men" - but we don't want to make any assumptions_
So, did this qualify as a gadget-related article because they were shot with a 12mm camera?
that dude's quote is priceless.
While utterly fascinating, this has what to do with tech and gadgets? From Giz's About page: "Gizmodo is a blog with the sole purpose of writing about tech and gadgets as fast as possible." We know (suspect?) the editors have a quota to fill, but can we please fill it with off beat (reverse pun?) tech and gadget news rather than random prurient titillation?
Heather Graham's best work by far was Boogie Nights. I would drink her milkshake, I would drink it up!
@vic2rp: That question has a complicated answer. If the East German Women Swim team was involved then I think it could count as gay porn, even if it contained exclusively heterosexual acts.
quote from the article:
"The women in the films were mostly locals supplementing meagre wages or rations by performing in them"
so that would mean it was not gay pr0n
@DWD: While the logic of your position is certainly sound, keep in mind that some of us read "gadgets" quite broadly and appreciate a definition that includes the filming of Clandestine Cold War East German Secret Agent Soldier Stud Garden Party Amateur Porn with 12mm cameras.
Polishing off the brass indeed!
@92BuickLeSabre: And to further pun on that, since some readers read 'gadgets' quite broadly, the actresses would qualify as gadgets.
i wouldn't mind seeing some fräulein go after the ol' flugelhorn for scientific purposes, of course.
They were too busy shredding documents, they forgot to destroy the really naughty stash.
@ripfire4: no one destroys the naughty stash!
its always for "later"
@crucifix99: I think the 12mm equipment was the reason the Politburo needed porn in the first place.....
@pradster: Well that explains the celebrity sex tapes.
@Ybother: I think there also might be some readers who think of their dumbsticks as "gadgets".
isn't this a hoax?
mmmm, Roller Girl!
So... uh... were are those German TV clips?
@tazm0n: Zing!
Oh, and I'm all for continuing to post stories like this. I trust your editorial judgement in not letting it get too out of hand- a few lighthearted nazi porn posts never hurt anyone.
Is that a Bratwurst in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me, soldier?
@misterwho:
Nein! es ist mein Stock!
OH-, das, ja es eine Wurst ist.
traurig
Pics or it didn't happen.
Sorry.
What the hell is a 12mm camera? You mean 16mm?
Pornsec doubleplusgood, ja?
Wait, I'm confused. Is the director telling her to give helmut, or is his name helmut?
I wonder if these PRONo's will be as bleak, boring and repressed as life in communist East Germany was?
I wonder if those people imagined their movies would be recovered and broadcasted to the entire world some 20 years later...
Oh, and for people complaining... porn is ALWAYS related. :P
lol the days before the Internet.
It probably got discovered because they left it in the vcr, I like I do.
Interestingly enough, this was also about the time that the phrase, "Who's d**k did you have to suck to get that job?" originated...
This may be a question for Fleshbot, but this reminds me of a trailer I once saw for a porn back in college where it was about screwing Nazis and they used effects to amplify the money squirts. So one shot had a guy pulling out in front of a giant swastika flag and shooting what looked like 5 cans of whipped creme all over it. Never saw anything of it again.
Anyone know what it is? I think it was from the 70's
Where's the torrent?
as someone who lived in this gone country at the time i can tell you that is not this news anyway. in my hometown dresden there where regulary large parties where a lot of people mostly artsy and music entourage had fun. these parties where held in locations with much space had inspirational themes and decors and sometimes changed into wild happenings. there was a lot of delight and self-indulgent sex all over the place.
the stasi always had an eye on that and it was known they videotaping it. what was happen to this tapes one can only guess :).
before anyone starts to complain, these parties where not a "nomenklatura" thingy.
@winexprt:
i admire your inculpated prejudice and it proofs my observation that the western indoctrination is way better than the eastern ever was, luckily for me.
i can tell you that life on the other side was not that bad at all. we had fun, parties and all kinds of drugs to celebrate our adolescence. the situation that we could not buy any kind of crap made uns much more creative and social. as you mention bleak and boring you may know colors only happen in your head and even the most colorful place can be dull and lackluster when there is no meaning behind it.
oh, and your nick of course, i wonder if your life as a "winexprt" will be as bleak, boring and repressed as software from this company usually is. ;)
living in a free world why did you choose slavery deliberately?
in a world full of different exciting operating systems you sadly seem to choose hauling with the wolfes and put yourself in chains. :(
Yes, this was part of the popular "Frauleins Gone Wild" series. There was also a medical training film on curing local townswomen of nymphomania.
hell yeah it will come out in HD soon!!!!
Does a facial cum shot get u a purple star.
No, but if you come too soon, it's Siberia for your ass, buddy.
Did someone get their eye shot with a cum bullet?
Is this story just too clean for Fleshbot?
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