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The Palace
Episode 1
Season 1
Episode 1
Separated by the rise of the Berlin Wall, Marlene and Christine begin looking for answers after their paths cross at the Palace’s celebration of 40 years of the GDR.
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41:53
Marlene is arrested at the border as she tries to enter the GDR.
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45:28
Trouble is brewing between the Ministry of Culture and the Palace.
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44:45
Marlene must convince a new choreographer she is ill in order to skip rehearsals.
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48:04
Christine takes Marlene's passport to cross the border and meet her father.
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45:20
Marlene returns to the GDR for Christine’s solo premiere in Jubilee.