Movies

  • 1972
    Start

    Start

    Start

    01972HD

    Film report on the VII District Children's and Youth Spartakiade in Quedlinburg, combined with a presentation of sports education in the GDR in...

    Start
  • 1979
    Mensch, halt Dich fest!

    Mensch, halt Dich fest!

    Mensch, halt Dich fest!

    01979HD

    On the necessity of safety measures on the workplace.

    Mensch, halt Dich fest!
  • 1988
    Battle on Canvas: The Creation of a Monumental Painting by Werner Tübke

    Battle on Canvas: The Creation of a Monumental Painting by Werner Tübke

    Battle on Canvas: The Creation of a Monumental Painting by Werner Tübke

    01988HD

    In 1987, after over ten years of work, Werner Tübke (1929-2004), one of East Germany’s most important painters, completed the monumental,...

    Battle on Canvas: The Creation of a Monumental Painting by Werner Tübke
  • 1967
    Nörgel & Söhne oder was vor 9742 Jahren vormittags neun Uhr begann, Teil 1

    Nörgel & Söhne oder was vor 9742 Jahren vormittags neun Uhr begann, Teil 1

    Nörgel & Söhne oder was vor 9742 Jahren vormittags neun Uhr begann, Teil 1

    01967HD

    The history of money goes back to when people decided to settle down. They look for a physical equivalent to exchange goods… Nörgel and...

    Nörgel & Söhne oder was vor 9742 Jahren vormittags neun Uhr begann, Teil 1
  • 1968
    Frauen von Ravensbrück

    Frauen von Ravensbrück

    Frauen von Ravensbrück

    01968HD

    East German documentary about the Ravensbrück concentration camp.

    Frauen von Ravensbrück
  • 1991
    Walter Hunger - A German Résumé

    Walter Hunger - A German Résumé

    Walter Hunger - A German Résumé

    01991HD

    Portrait of the industrialist Walter Hunger from Frankenberg in Saxony. He left the German Democratic Republic in 1958 with his family and closest...

    Walter Hunger - A German Résumé
  • 1983
    Im Zeichen der Spinne

    Im Zeichen der Spinne

    Im Zeichen der Spinne

    01983HD

    Heynowski and Scheumann infiltrate the ultra-right-wing Chilean organization Patria y Libertad

    Im Zeichen der Spinne
  • 1967
    The Letter

    The Letter

    The Letter

    01967HD

    Short student film about a latchkey child in the GDR.

    The Letter
  • 1981
    Friedrichstadtpalast

    Friedrichstadtpalast

    Friedrichstadtpalast

    01981HD

    In 1980, Wolfgang E. Struck, artistic director of the Berlin Friedrichstadt-Palast, wistfully considers the imminent demolition of his house due to...

    Friedrichstadtpalast
  • 1979
    Attentat

    Attentat

    Attentat

    01979HD

    A very little man attacks two huge feet and fights with all his power against them until his downfall. While dying, he is still convinced that he is...

    Attentat
  • 1967
    Heimweh nach der Zukunft. Max Steenbeck erzählt

    Heimweh nach der Zukunft. Max Steenbeck erzählt

    Heimweh nach der Zukunft. Max Steenbeck erzählt

    01967HD

    Documentary on physicist Max Steenbeck

    Heimweh nach der Zukunft. Max Steenbeck erzählt
  • 1975
    Karlemanns Brücke

    Karlemanns Brücke

    Karlemanns Brücke

    01975HD

    Karlemann is very often found in his own 'Robinson world', a secluded place on earth. There he travels the river in his special all-weather boat, and...

    Karlemanns Brücke
  • 1985
    35 Photos

    35 Photos

    35 Photos

    81985HD

    A woman born in 1949, the year the GDR was founded, talks about her life based on 35 images in her family album that each represent one year. This...

    35 Photos
  • 1972
    Davis Report

    Davis Report

    Davis Report

    01972HD

    Angela Davis visiting the German Democratic Republic. A film about the people she met and her impressions.

    Davis Report
  • 1982
    13. Parteitag der Liberal-Demokratischen Partei Deutschlands, Weimar 1982

    13. Parteitag der Liberal-Demokratischen Partei Deutschlands, Weimar 1982

    13. Parteitag der Liberal-Demokratischen Partei Deutschlands, Weimar 1982

    7.51982HD

    Report from the party congress of the Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (LDPD) from April 5 to 7, 1982 in Weimar.

    13. Parteitag der Liberal-Demokratischen Partei Deutschlands, Weimar 1982
  • 2023
    I Laugh to Keep from Crying

    I Laugh to Keep from Crying

    I Laugh to Keep from Crying

    02023HD

    This portrait shows Black cartoonist Oliver Harrington from New York, who fled to the GDR. For his political drawings, he drew on worldly anecdotes...

    I Laugh to Keep from Crying
  • 1970
    Drei Briefe

    Drei Briefe

    Drei Briefe

    01970HD

    Three international students write letters home about their time in East Germany. Antonio Dega, a Cuban studying shipbuilding, writes home about the...

    Drei Briefe
  • 1985
    Gaukelbrüder

    Gaukelbrüder

    Gaukelbrüder

    01985HD

    Gaukelbrüder
  • 1980
    Interkosmos

    Interkosmos

    Interkosmos

    01980HD

    Short film about astronauts in the GDR

    Interkosmos
  • 1970
    Damit es weitergeht

    Damit es weitergeht

    Damit es weitergeht

    01970HD

    During the Battle of Stalingrad, five German soldiers and officers are taken prisoner of war by the Soviets. In an interview, they talk about the...

    Damit es weitergeht