Movies

The very first images in the film set unprecedented standards in East German animated film: a Buñuelean eye that fills the entire screen,...

When Martin returns from war, he finds that nothing is the way it once was. He watches a few remaining villagers leave offerings in the town square...

When Michael was released from the Jugendwerkhof at the age of 16, he said: "... There has to be controversy to make progress, to achieve something...

Short film about the career opportunities at the highest training institution of the NVA, the Friedrich Engels Military Academy

A film poster advertises 100 years of cinema in 1995. When cracks open in the wall, typical characteristics of Charlie Chaplin spring out and combine...

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

The film reports on the massive forest damage in the Ore Mountains on the Czech-German border and the desperate struggle of foresters and residents...

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

The FRG is planning an attack on the GDR with the "Deko II" maneuver. This thesis is used to legitimize the construction of the "Anti-Fascist...

Three military drivers are introduced. They bear a special responsibility in their collective and often fulfill a dual function.

East German documentary about the Ravensbrück concentration camp.

Holidays in colony (in Thuringia and on the Baltic) of the children of workers of a chemical industry in the DDR.

The animals and birds are enjoying themselves in a sunny forest clearing. A wolf is hunting in the neighboring thicket. He tracks down a deer, which...

The moon swirls happily around, watching strange animals enjoying themselves and dancing to gramophone music in its light. Then, suddenly, the moon...

The entire globe is barren; there is no green left. A long line of people edges slowly forward. Under the strictest security, the people manage...

The “Raging Reporter” Egon Erwin Kisch (1885-1948) was one of the most significant journalists of the 1920s and 30s. He wrote from a...

The film reports on the return of Soviet units from Czechoslovakia (CSSR) to their stationing areas in the GDR. It depicts the reception by the...

Short student film about a latchkey child in the GDR.