Movies

  • 1983
    A Pillar In The Stream

    A Pillar In The Stream

    A Pillar In The Stream

    01983HD

    The story of communist Walter Zauner who in 1952 was one of the first in the Federal Republic to be convicted of sabotage of a military installation.

    A Pillar In The Stream
  • 1954
    Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class

    Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class

    Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class

    5.11954HD

    This film is the first of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. In early...

    Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class
  • 1980
    Don Juan, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 78

    Don Juan, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 78

    Don Juan, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 78

    01980HD

    In a backwater town, opera director Andrej Wischnewsky is supposed to put on a production of Mozart's "Don Giovanni".

    Don Juan, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 78
  • 1960
    Hatifa

    Hatifa

    Hatifa

    01960HD

    Hatifa is tired of her difficult fate and escapes from the place of her enslavement, a quarry in the desert. There she wanders around in freedom, but...

    Hatifa
  • 1974
    Jacob the Liar

    Jacob the Liar

    Jacob the Liar

    7.11974HD

    A Jewish ghetto in the east of Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops on a German radio broadcast announcing the Soviet Army is making...

    Jacob the Liar
  • 1975
    Icarus

    Icarus

    Icarus

    6.51975HD

    Eight-year-old Matthias dreams that he will someday become a pilot and his divorced parents will get back together. He waits yearningly for his ninth...

    Icarus
  • 1966
    The Investigation

    The Investigation

    The Investigation

    01966HD

    The Investigation (1965) is TV version of a play by German playwright Peter Weiss that depicts the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963–1965.

    The Investigation
  • 1990
    Forbidden Love

    Forbidden Love

    Forbidden Love

    61990HD

    18-year old Georg and 13-year old Barbara have been playing together as children. Play becomes love later, which leads to a catastrophe , as their...

    Forbidden Love
  • 1956
    The Donkey, The Table and The Stick

    The Donkey, The Table and The Stick

    The Donkey, The Table and The Stick

    7.11956HD

    A tailor sends his sons away. They each learn a trade and receive a special gift from their teacher.

    The Donkey, The Table and The Stick
  • 1976
    Aschenbrödel

    Aschenbrödel

    Aschenbrödel

    01976HD

    Aschenbrödel (Cinderella), the fairy tale, is a fantastic mixture of the miraculous and the everyday, based on the well-known folk tale by the...

    Aschenbrödel
  • 1966
    Die Tage der Commune

    Die Tage der Commune

    Die Tage der Commune

    01966HD

    Victory and demise of the first proletarian dictatorship in the history of mankind, about the struggling, bleeding workers of Paris who...

    Die Tage der Commune
  • 1968
    Do Not Mention the Cause of Death

    Do Not Mention the Cause of Death

    Do Not Mention the Cause of Death

    5.21968HD

    In an atmosphere of WWII, a village dyer wants to help his folks in their sorrow and distress by supplying them with the black paint, but there is...

    Do Not Mention the Cause of Death
  • 1956
    Kawulke contra Meyer

    Kawulke contra Meyer

    Kawulke contra Meyer

    01956HD

    A heated argument has broken out between two parties in a block of flats in Berlin. The families in question, the Kawulkes and the Meyers, clashed...

    Kawulke contra Meyer
  • 1986
    Jorinde und Joringel

    Jorinde und Joringel

    Jorinde und Joringel

    71986HD

    The girl Jorinde and the foundling Joringel grow up sheltered in a farmer's cottage behind the moor, but the dense forest around them harbors deep...

    Jorinde und Joringel
  • 1989
    Coming Out

    Coming Out

    Coming Out

    6.61989HD

    Philipp, a closeted teacher, is dating a female colleague to keep up appearances. One night he stumbles into a gay bar and falls for a man....

    Coming Out
  • 1972
    The Little Prince

    The Little Prince

    The Little Prince

    51972HD

    Adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's novella for East German television, produced in 1965/66, not shown until 1972.

    The Little Prince
  • 1982
    Your Unknown Brother

    Your Unknown Brother

    Your Unknown Brother

    6.31982HD

    A communist is released from prison in 1935 Hamburg. He tries to link up with the Party again, but is unsure as to who he can trust, and has...

    Your Unknown Brother
  • 1965
    Spring Takes Time

    Spring Takes Time

    Spring Takes Time

    5.61965HD

    Was it an act of sabotage or willful negligence? The non-party engineer Heinz Solter is suddenly arrested and accused of approving a defective...

    Spring Takes Time
  • 1978
    Sabine Wulff

    Sabine Wulff

    Sabine Wulff

    5.41978HD

    Sabine Wulff is almost 18 when she is released from the juvenile detention center. She doesn't want to return to her unsupportive parents or to her...

    Sabine Wulff
  • 1976
    The Blue Light

    The Blue Light

    The Blue Light

    6.8331976HD

    Hans the farmer is drawn into war as a soldier. Returning from the front, having been defrauded of his pay by his own king, he makes his way home. On...

    The Blue Light