Movies

How young people were manipulated to join the war during the Imperial Era.

Young people talk to the camera about their ideas of marriage and plans for their future lives.

Observations of everyday life in Krakow.

The film reports on the massive forest damage in the Ore Mountains on the Czech-German border and the desperate struggle of foresters and residents...

A conversation between King Pyrrhus and Kineas about the increasingly terrible campaigns of conquest is illustrated. When world domination is...

Hier deutsche Volkspolizei (1972) is an East German documentary directed by Andrew Thorndike and Peter Vatter. Commissioned by the Ministry of the...

Start (1972) is an East German documentary directed by Annelie and Andrew Thorndike. Produced by the DEFA Studio, the film explores themes of change,...

Peter lives happily with his cat until one day a mouse appears. Peter tries to teach the animal how to catch mice. But it is playful and interested...

Documentary about the City of Neubrandenburg in the GDR.

On the table, the pencil is resting from his work. A hungry mouse discovers him on her foray. She threatens the pencil to gnaw him if he does not get...

Reconstruction of a smuggling operation exploiting the transit agreement by the human trafficking gang Mierendorff: This Stasi training film reenacts...

Uli has found an old book in the attic of the Kulturhaus that tells of the exploitation of the peasants by the feudal lords. He tries to imagine how...

Sigmund Jähn, (East) Germany's first man in space, and the preparations for the space flight are portrayed.

East German documentary about the Ravensbrück concentration camp.

Documentary about weaving and braiding

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

A group of drummers from various backgrounds gather together for a special performance.

Documentary on physicist Max Steenbeck

Documentary about mercenaries from West Germany