Erika Dunkelmann Movies
- 1962

Men and Beasts
Men and Beasts61962HD
The plot is based on the dramatic fate of the Red Army commander Aleksei Ivanovich Pavlov. Having been captured in January 1942 and being among the...
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- 1956

Distinguishing marks: none
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Post-war Germany: Like so many other women, Gerda Krause has lost her husband during the war and has to fend for herself and her two children. She...
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- 1955

Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class
Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class71955HD
This film is the second of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. Autumn,...
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- 1972

Despite It All!
Despite It All!6.51972HD
October 1918: Karl Liebknecht is released from prison and Berlin workers celebrate his release. Although WWI is almost over, the German Kaiserreich...
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- 1957

Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser...
Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser...6.31957HD
The corner Schönhauser Allee in East Berlin is the main meeting-point for a group of adolescents. Dieter is a construction worker who falls in...
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- 1954

Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class
Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class5.11954HD
This film is the first of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. In early...
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- 1956

Recovery
Recovery51956HD
The authorities expect the case of Friedel Walter, alias "Dr. Mueller," to be a straightforward one: he was working as a doctor without proper...
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- 1965

As Long as There’s Life in Me
As Long as There’s Life in Me101965HD
This is part one of a two-part biopic about Karl Liebknecht. In 1914, Germany is arming itself for war. Karl Liebknecht, left-wing revolutionary...
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- 1956

A Berlin Romance
A Berlin Romance5.91956HD
Mid-1950s Berlin, before the building of the Wall. Uschi, a salesgirl and aspiring fashion model from the East, is attracted to Hans, from the West....
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- 1963

Sunday Drivers
Sunday Drivers5.71963HD
On August 12, 1961, eight people in three cars set off for Berlin from Leipzig. They want to go to the West. The initiator is the philistine...
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- 1960

Schritt für Schritt
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- 1980

Dach überm Kopf
Dach überm Kopf51980HD
Karoline Gluth is approaching forty, has an 18-year-old son who is studying and is therefore independent. She decides to start a new life and says...
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- 1957

Castles and Cottages
Castles and Cottages01957HD
Lifelong hard work for the count makes the servant Anton a cripple. Everybody calls him Crooked Anton. When, after the end of the war, the land of...
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- 1966

Die Mutter und das Schweigen
Die Mutter und das Schweigen01966HD
Based on a true story from 1936: Klara Baumann, a working-class woman, communist and mother, flees her German homeland for neighboring...
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- 1959

The Punch Bowl
The Punch Bowl01959HD
It is the 65th birthday of Wilhelm Lehmann, foreman of a chemical company. All members of the large family are expected. Preparations are also being...
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- 1958

Klotz am Bein
Klotz am Bein01958HD
The construction of five houses for a workers' housing cooperative has been delayed due to a shortage of workers. It is winter and it is foreseeable...
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- 1967

A Lord of Alexander Square
A Lord of Alexander Square6.51967HD
Ewald Honig can't break his bad habit. Hardly has he crossed over into the GDR when the strapping, well-built man in his late fifties once again...
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- 1954

Stronger Than the Night
Stronger Than the Night01954HD
The story of a resistance fighter in the Nazi era: Communist Hans Löning was arrested in 1933, imprisoned in a concentration camp and tortured....
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- 1963

The Baldheaded Gang
The Baldheaded Gang51963HD
August 1961. The former Foreign Legionnaire, King, has collected a gang of hooligans, with whom he creates mischief in the GDR. After some careless...
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- 1975

Pirate with Obstacles
Pirate with Obstacles01975HD
The fisherman's son Christian, called Spinner, has a lively imagination. When he is sailing with his pirate sailboat, he feels like the sailor...
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