Movies

In 1929 Berlin, the progressive editor-in-chief Bornstein is on trial for libel. An article in his magazine attempted to uncover the role that...

The film shows a humorous take on moments from the life of Karl Marx over the course of a quarter century.

In the spring of 1965, Polish citizen Sheybal visits the town of Genthin. He knows his way around the sugar factory. He had to work there as a...

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

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

The Grand Fleet Parade on the Baltic Sea on November 4, 1960 to mark the renaming of the GDR's naval forces to the "Volksmarine". The renaming...

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...

Teenagers at risk who are cared for and trained in a "Jugendwerkhof", a borstal - a problem almost totally suppressed officially. The film enquires...

Instructional short about the cleaning procedures on German trains.

The country is portrayed before and after the storm of the military to the government palace “La Moneda” when Salvador Allende is killed...

Anti-pacifist propaganda short produced by the FDJ section in Berlin.

Die Konzessionen des Mister Urquhart (The Concessions of Mr. Urquhart) (1961) is an East German documentary directed by Andrew Thorndike, Annelie...

The lion, wolf and fox use modern technologies for producing their food instead of traditional hunting methods. They set up a farm where they fatten...

Documents the work of youth work action on construction sites in East Berlin.

A young pioneer shows his little sister how to build birdhouses and feeders for the birds to make their lives more bearable in winter.

Princess Josephine certainly has her moods and idiosyncrasies. Her father, King Eduard, misunderstands her one day and believes he has to look for a...