Movies

A short social reportage with a working-class aesthetic and Brechtian alienation effect, aimed at a politically educated German audience.

A report on the oldest citizen of the GDR at the time, Emma Wagner from Gotha.

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...

24 hours at the Berlin traffic accident standby service. The frequency of accidents on the streets of the capital of the German Democratic Republic...

Short film about the MiG fighter jets of the NVA

Moy de Tohá and Isabel Letelier tell their story. They are the widows of two Defence Ministers of the Unidad Popular, who knew too much.

A wise old man teaches a boy the art of building. The boy develops outstanding skills. He builds the most magnificent palaces, but something inside...

In a western country, the police are on the lookout for a counterfeit money gang. During the closure of a brothel, the small inspector of the vice...

This bullet is stamped with the inscription 'Remington Peters 12' and yet is not mentioned in Remington's catalogue. It consists of 20 small steel...

Basing his work on documentary material, Andrew Thorndike tells the life story of Wilhelm Pieck: from young worker to fighter for the German working...

An elegant crowd attends a meeting but, while they listen to the speech, all they really care about is the buffet.

Four generations of one familiy live in the heart of the Spreewald, close to the coalmines and power stations. From their elders, the children have...

While her mother is working at the theater, Ulrike is afraid at home in the evenings. Then she meets Mampfotius Schmatz, the flying trash can, who...

A film about the Germany meeting at Pentecost 1964. It focuses on questions and answers from young Germans from East and West during a club...

After participating in more than 100,000 euthanasia crimes during the Nazi era, the former SS psychiatrist and physician Dr. Werner Heyde leads an...

In view of the rapidly advancing development of technology, the film draws attention to the fact that people will not be able to manage without...

Under the ground - rats, playing, scurrying, scenting. Above the earth - nuclear landscape. Novel text by Graham Greene: When the atomic bomb falls,...