German Democratic Republic Movies
- 2006
Last to Know
Last to Know82006HD
In the documentary Last To Know political prisoners, sent to jail for openly opposing the East German regime that existed until the German...
- 1969
Long Roads - Secret Love
Long Roads - Secret Love51969HD
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...
- 1988
The Boss from the West
The Boss from the West11988HD
- 2020
Reunification in the Ice: The Story of the Last GDR Antarctic Explorers
Reunification in the Ice: The Story of the Last GDR Antarctic Explorers82020HD
In 1989, thirteen GDR scientists and technicians set off from East Berlin to the Georg Forster research station in the Antarctic. During their...
- 1992
I Am My Own Woman
I Am My Own Woman4.31992HD
The life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who survived the Nazi reign as a trans woman and helped start the German gay liberation movement....
- 2019
DDR - die entsorgte Republik
DDR - die entsorgte Republik62019HD
- 2016
Bagage
Bagage02016HD
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...
- 2020
Ein Funken Wahrheit
Ein Funken Wahrheit02020HD
- 2009
Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel
Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel72009HD
- 2016
Böse Wetter - Das Geheimnis der Vergangenheit
Böse Wetter - Das Geheimnis der Vergangenheit62016HD
As a geophysicist, Leonard Gehra is now known for his theories on silver mining. However, Leonard originally comes from the mining town of Buchenrode...
- 2008
Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution
Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution72008HD
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...
- 1958
My Wife Wants to Sing
My Wife Wants to Sing01958HD
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...
- 2013
Jedes Jahr im Juni
Jedes Jahr im Juni42013HD
Each year in June, Bavarian housewife Elke Richter visits family in Halle, in the GDR. There she meets family friend Gregor Pohl, a married...
- 2008
Heimatkunde
Heimatkunde6.5562008HD
Former "Titanic" satire magazine editor Martin Sonneborn takes an undercover trip around Berlin and discovers the East-German mentality and what is...
- 2008
Ich will da sein - Jenny Gröllmann
Ich will da sein - Jenny Gröllmann02008HD
The film accompanies Jenny Gröllmann, a German actress, during the last two years of her life.
- 1975
Fischzüge
Fischzüge5.51975HD
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...
- 2012
Der Sturz - Honeckers Ende
Der Sturz - Honeckers Ende02012HD
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...
- 1991
Time Loops - A Conversation with Christa Wolf
Time Loops - A Conversation with Christa Wolf81991HD
Journalist Daniela Dahn interviews the East-German author Christa Wolf during the German reunification: reflections on history, changing politics,...
- 2010
East-West Passage
East-West Passage62010HD
In the summer of 1989 tens of thousands of tourists from communist East Germany came to Hungary. They were deeply disillusioned because they felt...
- 2014
Codename Pirate
Codename Pirate02014HD
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...