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Teufelszeug Trailer (1987)
26 October 1987
Protests in Hasselbach in the Hunsrück Mountains against the deployment of 96 Cruise Missiles.
Aparte Bilder Trailer (1983)
04 November 1983
Scenes of everyday life in South Africa which give an idea of the daily racism in this country.
Amok Trailer (1985)
06 September 1985
The desperate private war of a Vietnam veteran of the US Army. The Film explores the biggest amok run in the history of the USA at that point of time.
Wittstock III Trailer (1978)
31 August 1978
Part 3 of the Wittstock series also shows the surroundings of the textile factory. Older gentlemen in a pub reveal that two factories produced fabrics for the military here during the Second World War.
Der Fall Bernd K. Trailer (1967)
01 January 1967
Documentary on Bernd Köhlert, a West German mercenary whose death in the Congo caused a sensation
My Child Trailer (1956)
10 February 1956
The film is an appeal by the International Democratic Women's Federation against a new war, calling on all mothers of the world to protect their children.
Erste Liebe Trailer (1985)
21 June 1985
For over a year, the film team accompanied an eighth grade class and interviewed the students about their first romantic relationships as well as their relationships to parents and teachers.
Miners Trailer (1987)
21 August 1987
The annual production conference, speeches by functionaries and silence of the workers while they are waiting to descent into the pit.
Großer Bahnhof Trailer (1990)
01 January 1990
Grand Central Station, New York - the town's landmark. The camera captures impressions within 24 hours.
Mädchen in Wittstock Trailer (1975)
19 September 1975
Wittstock an der Dosse is located in the German state Mark Brandenburg, apx. 90 kilometers from Berlin.
Grüße aus Sarmatien für den Dichter Johannes Bobrowski Trailer (1973)
23 March 1973
Volker Koepp's video essay honoring the German poet Johannes Bobrowski (1917–1965).
O.K. Trailer (1965)
01 February 1965
In a reception camp for ethnic Germans in Eisenach, the director gets to know the girl Doris S. who went to West Germany and came back.
DDR: Der Aufstand vom 17. Juni 1953 Trailer (1990)
07 October 1990
"GDR The uprising of June 17, 1953" - : Since its founding, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) has repeatedly struggled with domestic political problems.
Hütes-Film Trailer (1978)
17 March 1978
Documentary about the sisters Lene and Berta who live in a village in Thuringia.
A Pillar In The Stream Trailer (1983)
20 November 1983
The story of communist Walter Zauner who in 1952 was one of the first in the Federal Republic to be convicted of sabotage of a military installation.
Somalia - Die große Anstrengung Trailer (1977)
20 January 1977
East German documentary short about Somalia in 1976.
Haus und Hof Trailer (1980)
05 December 1980
Agricultural scientist and mother Isolde struggles with the dicrepancies between her personal convictions and the political realities in East Germany.
Märkische Ziegel Trailer (1989)
07 October 1989
Spring 1988: a cinematic chronicle of the small town of Zehdenick an der Havel in the Mark Brandenburg.
Sweeping Trailer (1990)
04 November 1990
Leipzig is in a period of change. The uproar of Autumn ’89 is followed by a hectic electoral campaign in Spring ’90.
The Vast Field Trailer (1976)
30 September 1976
Social, cultural, and historical changes in a village, the first film of Koepp's “landscape” series.
Brothers and Sisters Trailer (1963)
04 October 1963
A few days after the GDR built the Berlin Wall, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer commented that this was "an infamous and brutal act against our brothers and sisters in the Zone.
Die Zeit die bleibt Trailer (1985)
20 October 1985
A documentary about German director Konrad Wolf (1925–1982).
Our Children Trailer (1989)
30 November 1989
From an official perspective, marginal youth culture did not exist in East Germany. The topic of subcultures was taboo in the GDR, and groups such as goths, skinheads, anti-skins, punks and neo-Nazis were dismissed as social deviations promoted by western countries.
A Representative Trailer (1968)
31 December 1968
A black-and-white documentary film about the large housing estate "Lütten Klein" in the northwest of Rostock in June 1968.
Ehrenmänner Trailer (1966)
21 April 1966
In two chapters the film shows men in divided Germany willing to leave their country. In the first chapter, East-Germans are shown who leave their wives and children behind in order to live in the Federal Republic of Germany.
The Russian Miracle Trailer (1963)
07 May 1963
A two-part East German documentary tracing Russia’s transformation from the Tsarist Empire to the Soviet Union, from the 1917 October Revolution to the achievements of the space program.
Grand Hotel Trailer (1988)
01 January 1988
The film follows the creation, construction and design of the “Grand Hotel” on Friedrichstrasse in East Berlin: from the excavation pit to the shell of the building to its completion and the handing over of the keys.
Hochwaldmärchen Trailer (1988)
29 April 1988
A fairy-tale of the Sorbian poet Jurij Brezan as an allegory of threatened nature dedicated to the Sorbs.
Arnold Zweig Trailer (1963)
19 April 1963
A short biography of Arnold Zweig, through the lens of East Germany state media.
Yell Once a Week Trailer (1982)
01 January 1982
The film’s title is taken from a song, used here as a leitmotif, written by Günter Jordan and the East German rock group Pankow.
Who's Afraid of the Bogeyman Trailer (1989)
01 November 1989
Portrait of a private coal company in East Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district in 1988/89. The feisty woman boss runs the business with humour and understanding.
Radnóti Trailer (1985)
19 July 1985
Documentary short about Hungarian poet Miklós Radnóti (1909-1944).
Gruppe "Aparcoa" Trailer (1978)
27 January 1978
Portrait of the Rostock-based singing group “Aparcoa” and their songs. Political comics illustrate the junta's coup and the role of the USA.
Locked-Up Time Trailer (1991)
04 April 1991
Filmmaker Sibylle Schoenemann, imprisoned by the GDR in 1984, was released to the FRG after having West Germany literally buy her freedom.
Ich sprach mit einem Mädchen Trailer (1976)
13 February 1976
A class reunion of the twenty-somethings in the old school. What one remembers, what the individual has new to tell.
Studentinnen Trailer (1965)
17 June 1965
Young women made up only five per cent of students at the technical college in Ilmenau. The film devotes itself of this particular situation by conveying impressions of the women's everyday lives.
Die Omegas Trailer (1977)
19 August 1977
This short film depicts Omega, one of Hungary's most successful rock bands, on tour in the GDR.
Fritz Cremer, Creator of the Buchenwald Memorial Trailer (1957)
06 September 1957
This portrait of East German sculptor and graphic artist Fritz Cremer (1906-1993) shows the artist at work in his studio and some of his art works, including sculptures for his Buchenwald Memorial.
Two Germans Trailer (1988)
02 September 1988
What became of Hitler’s last array, born in 1928, visited 40 years later?
Berlin-Nordost Trailer (1986)
14 February 1986
Berlin-Northeast. An area tries to meet new needs, to conform to human demands. The film registers the feelings of a girl from this area as she looks at photographs taken between 1903 and 1920 on behalf of the Berlin Local Health Insurance Fund.
I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson Trailer (1990)
16 February 1990
Biographical notes on the American singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson (1898-1976). At the height of his fame and skill, Robeson’s career was cut short by Cold War anti-communist hysteria.
Snack Bar Special Trailer (1990)
06 October 1990
The lower level of Lichtenberg Station in Belin in early October 1989: the beginning of the end for the GDR.
Globke heute Trailer (1963)
04 October 1963
Portrait of Hans Globke, jurist at the ministry of interior during the Third Reich and co-author of an official commentary to the Nuremberg Laws of 1935, the Nazi Racial Legislation.
Das Gaswerk Trailer (1982)
02 January 1982
How are problems solved in a socialist country? The film centres on an old gasworks in the middle of a workers' district in Berlin, capital of the GDR.
Love 2002 Trailer (1972)
22 December 1972
Hosted by futurist moderator Chris Wallasch, this playful documentary speculates on what love and relationships might look like in the year 2002.
Memento Trailer (1966)
16 February 1966
A film about Jewish cemeteries in East Berlin, based on a screenplay by Günter Kunert, with text by Rabbi Martin Riesenburger.
Geschlechtsorgane Trailer (1983)
01 January 1983
The first part of the film explains human reproduction, the female and male organs and bodily functions.
Time Loops - A Conversation with Christa Wolf Trailer (1991)
02 January 1991
Journalist Daniela Dahn interviews the East-German author Christa Wolf during the German reunification: reflections on history, changing politics, life and work.
After Winter Comes Spring Trailer (1989)
03 February 1989
A locomotive journey traversing the North to the South of the German Democratic Republic on the eve of its dissolution.
Nur ein Viertelstündchen Trailer (1965)
01 February 1965
Humorous statistic that shows how much the GDR amounted to during the first 15 years.
In Transit: Report for Posterity Trailer (1990)
06 October 1990
Revolution and resignation within the changes at the end of the GDR.
Look at this City Trailer (1962)
12 August 1962
Started in the summer of 1961, even before the Wall was built, the film becomes an explanation after this historical event as to why things can no longer go on as they were before.
Knabenjahre Trailer (1989)
10 November 1989
Four men from different professions, all around 50 years old (including a pastor and a stage designer), are interviewed about their childhood in fascist Germany.
Jeder konnte es sehen Trailer (1988)
08 November 1988
Karl Gass compiles film material to document the Pogromnacht in 1938.
No Break for Löffler Trailer (1974)
08 August 1974
Löffler, a young teacher, strives to deal with his 6th form pupils as partners and in an anti-authorian manner.
Das Singen im Dom zu Magdeburg Trailer (1988)
14 October 1988
Jewish and Christian music merge in this film about one of the oldest choirs in Germany, the choir in Magdeburg Cathedral, which has been performing together with the head cantor of the Jewish community in West Berlin, Estrongo Nachama, since 1980.
If Everybody Danced How They Wanted To! Trailer (1972)
12 October 1972
Stiff formal exercises of the young dancing pupils and hot beat rhythms in the discotheque.