Missile from the East

Missile from the East

91 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | June 3, 2022

Against the backdrop of the 1961 Swedish Grand Prix, East German motorcycle racer Ernst Degner flees the Iron Curtain. Returning to the racetrack the following season with Suzuki, the driver wins the world championship and catapults the Japanese industrial giant into global domination of the motorcycle industry. Set where two worlds collide – the colour and freedom of the West contrasts the oppression and threat of Cold War East Germany.

Missile from the East

91 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | June 3, 2022

Missile from the East
Against the backdrop of the 1961 Swedish Grand Prix, East German motorcycle racer Ernst Degner flees the Iron Curtain. Returning to the racetrack the following season with Suzuki, the driver wins the world championship and catapults the Japanese industrial giant into global domination of the motorcycle industry. Set where two worlds collide – the colour and freedom of the West contrasts the oppression and threat of Cold War East Germany.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers
Original title Missile from the East
Directors Justin Stokes
Writers Ray Battersby

Cast

James G. Nunn

as Ernst Degner

Murray Walker

as Self

James Matsumiya

as Self

Alan Wai

as Jimmy Matsumiya