Italy released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Italian ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Booklet, Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: A popular East German singer falls foul of the authorities and is expelled from the country. He travels to England to see the father he has not seen since the age of six. He is greeted with great enthusiasm by the West, but he remains ambivalent towards it, and - despite pressure from an American-owned record company - reluctant to become appropriated as a commodity. Divided into three parts, ACTUALLY EXISTING SOCIALISM, GROSSE FREIHEIT STRASSE and STALINISM ISN'T SOCIALISM. CAPITALISM ISN'T FREEDOM. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Venice Film Festival, .Fatherland (1986) ( Singing the Blues in Red ) ( Vaterland )