Movies

Documentary about a youth work brigade working on the construction of a tower block in Berlin-Marzahn

Susi works in a large depot for waste paper, which is bundled and loaded onto trucks for recycling.

The GDR is delivering pre-assembled port crane systems to Morocco by water.

The life and work of Halle-born Georg Friedrich Händel, the Händel Museum, and the Händel Festival in Halle are presented.

A duke tries to use force to collect the taxes of his peasants for the second time. The peasants want to defend themselves against this.

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

The life and struggle of the Lower Sorbian poet Mina Witkojc - her uncompromising stand against the war, her expulsion from her homeland and her...

Young people discuss life problems such as moving into their first apartment, but also how to shape their own future.

Alle Ideen beginnen als Traum (All Ideas Begin as a Dream) (1987) is an East German documentary directed by Annelie Thorndike. The film follows...

"Das Jahr 1945" is a documentary which describes the last 128 days of World War II in Europe. The film covers the course of the war in chronological...

A soldier returns from the war. As he has nowhere to stay, he moves to hell. There he is ordered by the devil to stoke the fire under the cauldrons...

When Jacques Offenbach's melodies are heard, the delighted audience usually asks very little about the man who inspired the great composer with his...

East German short film directed by Andrea Ritterbusch

Short documentary about mining in east germany.

Propaganda movie produced by GDR television on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the erection of the Berlin Wall.

Report on a trip of Vietnamese guests to the GDR to attend the premiere of the documentary film „The Iron Fortress“ about the history of...

This portrait shows Black cartoonist Oliver Harrington from New York, who fled to the GDR. For his political drawings, he drew on worldly anecdotes...

A documentary about the planning and construction of the Palace of the Republic, Berlin.

Till Eulenspiegel works as a journeyman for a baker in Braunschweig who is not very kind to his staff or his customers. Now the master gets his...