German Democratic Republic Movies

  • 2006
    Last to Know

    Last to Know

    Last to Know

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    In the documentary Last To Know political prisoners, sent to jail for openly opposing the East German regime that existed until the German...

    Last to Know
  • 1969
    Long Roads - Secret Love

    Long Roads - Secret Love

    Long Roads - Secret Love

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    Long-haul driver Hannes (Manfred Krug) picks up a young hitchhiker, Herb (Jaecki Schwarz), who had a falling-out with his parents after dropping out...

    Long Roads - Secret Love
  • 1988
    The Boss from the West

    The Boss from the West

    The Boss from the West

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    The Boss from the West
  • 2020
    Reunification in the Ice: The Story of the Last GDR Antarctic Explorers

    Reunification in the Ice: The Story of the Last GDR Antarctic Explorers

    Reunification in the Ice: The Story of the Last GDR Antarctic Explorers

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    In 1989, thirteen GDR scientists and technicians set off from East Berlin to the Georg Forster research station in the Antarctic. During their...

    Reunification in the Ice: The Story of the Last GDR Antarctic Explorers
  • 1992
    I Am My Own Woman

    I Am My Own Woman

    I Am My Own Woman

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    The life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who survived the Nazi reign as a trans woman and helped start the German gay liberation movement....

    I Am My Own Woman
  • 2019
    DDR - die entsorgte Republik

    DDR - die entsorgte Republik

    DDR - die entsorgte Republik

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    DDR - die entsorgte Republik
  • 2016
    Bagage

    Bagage

    Bagage

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    The young Russian Leonid Zaharov tries to flee to the West via the GDR at the end of the 1980s. When he is bounced and there is no way forward, he...

    Bagage
  • 2020
    Ein Funken Wahrheit

    Ein Funken Wahrheit

    Ein Funken Wahrheit

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    Ein Funken Wahrheit
  • 2009
    Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel

    Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel

    Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel

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    Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel
  • 2016
    Böse Wetter - Das Geheimnis der Vergangenheit

    Böse Wetter - Das Geheimnis der Vergangenheit

    Böse Wetter - Das Geheimnis der Vergangenheit

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    As a geophysicist, Leonard Gehra is now known for his theories on silver mining. However, Leonard originally comes from the mining town of Buchenrode...

    Böse Wetter - Das Geheimnis der Vergangenheit
  • 2008
    Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution

    Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution

    Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution

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    The free, almost naive view from the perspective of a child puts the "68ers" in a new, illuminating light in the anniversary year 2008. The film is a...

    Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution
  • 1958
    My Wife Wants to Sing

    My Wife Wants to Sing

    My Wife Wants to Sing

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    Having been happily married for ten years, Gerda Wagner, devoted mother and housewife, suddenly gets it into her head that she would like a career as...

    My Wife Wants to Sing
  • 2013
    Jedes Jahr im Juni

    Jedes Jahr im Juni

    Jedes Jahr im Juni

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    Each year in June, Bavarian housewife Elke Richter visits family in Halle, in the GDR. There she meets family friend Gregor Pohl, a married...

    Jedes Jahr im Juni
  • 2008
    Heimatkunde

    Heimatkunde

    Heimatkunde

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    Former "Titanic" satire magazine editor Martin Sonneborn takes an undercover trip around Berlin and discovers the East-German mentality and what is...

    Heimatkunde
  • 2008
    Ich will da sein - Jenny Gröllmann

    Ich will da sein - Jenny Gröllmann

    Ich will da sein - Jenny Gröllmann

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    The film accompanies Jenny Gröllmann, a German actress, during the last two years of her life.

    Ich will da sein - Jenny Gröllmann
  • 1975
    Fischzüge

    Fischzüge

    Fischzüge

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    A ship from the GDR fishing fleet is on its way home. The work is done, the hold full of fish. Captain Nipmerow could be satisfied with that, but he...

    Fischzüge
  • 2012
    Der Sturz - Honeckers Ende

    Der Sturz - Honeckers Ende

    Der Sturz - Honeckers Ende

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    Erich Honecker ruled the GDR for 18 years. His fall in 1989 heralded the downfall of the state that had called itself "the better Germany" for 40...

    Der Sturz - Honeckers Ende
  • 1991
    Time Loops - A Conversation with Christa Wolf

    Time Loops - A Conversation with Christa Wolf

    Time Loops - A Conversation with Christa Wolf

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    Journalist Daniela Dahn interviews the East-German author Christa Wolf during the German reunification: reflections on history, changing politics,...

    Time Loops - A Conversation with Christa Wolf
  • 2010
    East-West Passage

    East-West Passage

    East-West Passage

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    In the summer of 1989 tens of thousands of tourists from communist East Germany came to Hungary. They were deeply disillusioned because they felt...

    East-West Passage
  • 2014
    Codename Pirate

    Codename Pirate

    Codename Pirate

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    Was my father really a spy, as his file in the former East German Secret Service (STASI) suggests? This question marks the starting point of a...

    Codename Pirate