Russian film director's replica Berlin Wall rejected by city authorities

The 800-metre recreation for the premiere of Ilya Khrzhanovsky's film Dau caused safety concerns

A controversial art installation that would have rebuilt part of the Berlin Wall in the German capital has been put on hold by city authorities over safety concerns.

The brainchild of Russian film director Ilya Khrzhanovsky, who also paid 400 people to live for three years in a recreation of the Stalin-era Soviet Union, Dau Freedom would have immersed visitors in a totalitarian regime in the heart of a city once home to both Nazi and communist states.