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The Black Star Trailer (1965)
02 July 1965
A cinema-verité documentary of Ghana’s five years of independence under President Kwame Nkruma. Striking color images of Africans in modern-day jobs, such as airline pilot and construction worker, predominate, with little voice-over.
The Goat's Intensity Trailer (1988)
10 June 1988
Absurd attempts to produce an amateur film about an amateur film company. The awards ceremony for the film takes place in a town cinema: 1st Prize for the leading lady: a goat.
Stahl und Menschen Trailer (1957)
22 March 1957
A gripping report shot at the Brandenburg steel and rolling mill from a visiting Austrian director's point of view.
Umkohlung Trailer (1965)
24 September 1965
Documentary on the moving of 108 families of the village Mücheln, because of lignite mining in the area.
For Example Regensburg Trailer (1983)
24 November 1983
Images of the romantic city and tourist leaflets are burning – the vision of possible destruction.
Apartheid, No Trailer (1974)
31 December 1974
This black-and-white documentary reports on a meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid in East Berlin from March 24 to 29, 1974.
Maiparade 1956 Trailer (1956)
04 August 1956
The film shows the flag handover and swearing-in ceremony of the first unit of the National People's Army on the eve of May 1, 1956 and the parade of units of the People's Army on the morning of May 1.
Genetische Familienberatung Trailer (1985)
01 January 1985
A young couple, whose first child was born with a disability, ask in front of the camera about ways to rule out a disability for the next pregnancy: whether medical care, ultrasound and medication could help.
Einberufen Trailer (1972)
10 February 1972
Young East German men starting their compulsary 18-month military service at a Rostock garrison.
35 Photos Trailer (1985)
28 June 1985
A woman born in 1949, the year the GDR was founded, talks about her life based on 35 images in her family album that each represent one year.
Dearest Dziodzio Trailer (1981)
31 July 1981
"Dearest Dziodzio" was filmed using quotes from letters Rosa Luxemburg wrote to her lover, the revolutionary labor leader Leo Jogiches, during her stays in Poland, Germany, France and Switzerland in the years 1893-1905.
Snapshots From Chile Trailer (1986)
14 March 1986
Chile 1985, the repression of the Chilean people by the dictatorship and the resistance, accompanied by the music of the exiled composer Angel Parra.
Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung Trailer (1967)
23 November 1967
At a Bach concert, a letter is read aloud in which the legation council of the Federal Republic of Germany tries to poach the musicians of the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Nicosia.
Vom lernenden Menschen Trailer (1964)
03 September 1964
Poetic documentary short about people learning all over the world.
In Polnowat am Ob Trailer (1987)
01 January 1987
DEFA documentary about the Khanty people of Siberia.
Ernst Barlach in Güstrow Trailer (1987)
01 January 1987
Documentary short about artist Ernst Barlach (1870-1938).
Nach einem Jahr - Beobachtungen in einer ersten Klasse Trailer (1963)
08 March 1963
How the class community is formed. The children's environment and the experiences and discoveries that the school gives them.
Die Haut Trailer (1977)
01 January 1977
Eduactional film about the sensual and erotic nature of skin.
Die Vorzeigefrau Trailer (1986)
03 October 1986
A portrait of Helga Hörz, professor of ethics and philosophy at the Humboldt University in Berlin.
Frauen am Ball Trailer (1988)
03 June 1988
Turbine Potsdam was one of the GDR's most successful women's soccer teams, thanks to the hard work and dedication of the players and the strict coaching of Bernd Schröder.
Nude Portraits – Gundula Schulze Trailer (1984)
20 April 1984
Photographer Gundula Schulze wrote her graduate thesis on "nude photography of women in East Germany".
A Brief Visit with Hermann Glöckner Trailer (1985)
19 July 1985
This film portraits the artist and model-builder Hermann Gloeckner, who was born in Dresden in 1889. Even at the age of 96 he is still drawing with undiminished creative energy.
Comrade Krüger Trailer (1988)
01 November 1988
SS officer Walter Krüger talks about his career. Now he is Secretary of the „Kameradschaftsverband I.
Life in Wittstock Trailer (1984)
26 November 1984
Wittstock an der Dosse is located in the German state Mark Brandenburg, apx. 90 kilometers from Berlin.
Junge Leute Trailer (1971)
16 April 1971
A documentary about young people just starting their higher education and their professional life.
Who Loves the Earth Trailer (1974)
11 January 1974
A DEFA documentary celebrating the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students, held in East Berlin in the summer of 1973.
Postcards III; Woman at the Clavichord Trailer (1981)
07 November 1981
With films including the 'rubble woman' portrait Martha, the three-part experimental film cycle Potter's Stier, Venus nach Giorgione and Frau am Klavichord, the portrait of the artist Kurzer Besuch bei Hermann Glöckner, and also the documentaries Rangierer and Die Küche, noted for their outstanding sound and visuals, Jürgen Böttcher distances himself yet further from the didactic tone and abstract heroic representation of socialist films.
Postcards II; Venus after Giorgione Trailer (1981)
07 November 1981
Venus after Giorgione is the the second part of the "Over Paintings" (Uebermalungen) trilogy by painter and director STRAWALDE (Juergen Boettcher).
A Diary for Anne Frank Trailer (1959)
13 March 1959
A documentary recounting Anne Frank’s story and death at Bergen-Belsen before turning to a detailed examination of the camp itself—the routines of its officers, the atrocities committed there, and the troubling postwar reality that many perpetrators lived freely with state support in Germany.
Die Lüge und der Tod Trailer (1988)
17 November 1988
Together with Stephan Hermlin, H&S examine two five-minute film documents in this film, which were shot in 1941 on behalf of the Gestapo.
The Case of H. and Eight Others Trailer (1973)
02 February 1973
Documentary about juvenile delinquency in East Germany.
Schuldner Trailer (1971)
01 January 1971
A short documentary about dealing with people in rent arrears.
Auf der Oder Trailer (1970)
16 April 1970
Documentary reports on the annual icing of the Oder in the 160-kilometer border area between the GDR and the People's Republic of Poland.
From Us To Me / Vom Wir zum Ich Trailer (1988)
29 November 1988
This first co-production between the GDR and Great Britain is intended to contribute to an understanding of the situation and attitudes of millions of working people in opposing social orders.
What We Remember Trailer (1984)
14 September 1984
Nine very private encounters with different people of the post-war generation and their memories of childhood and youth.
City-Sleeper Trailer (1991)
01 January 1991
Homelessness in New York. Interviews with those affected. An architect from San Francisco comes up with the idea of building the so-called "City Sleeper" - a housing container.
Wir bleiben hier Trailer (1990)
01 December 1990
Observations in a Vietnamese family after the Berlin Wall fell. Which problems and expectations resulted in their changed daily life? - They, who were once a sought-after work force in this country.
The Wind Rose Trailer (1957)
08 March 1957
An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world.
Feuerland Trailer (1988)
15 January 1988
Volker Koepp documents life in the Dorotheenstadt in Berlin-Mitte, which was called "Feuerland" in the 19th century.
Fahrradferien Trailer (1990)
01 January 1990
In Calau, a small town on the edge of the lignite mining region, an unusual vacation expedition begins for twenty children: They bike across the southern part of the country, sleep in tents that they carry on their bikes, and learn a great deal about life in the GDR along the way.
In Syrien auf Montage Trailer (1971)
01 October 1971
The film is a reportage showing the help of workers from the GDR in the industrial reconstruction of Syria.
Ewa - Ein Mädchen aus Witunia Trailer (1973)
30 March 1973
This black and white documentary follows Ewa from Witunia and other girls from Poland, who work at Kabelwerk Oberspreee in Berlin since about a year.
Paradies der Tiere Trailer (1979)
01 January 1979
On the 160-hectare grounds of the former Friedrichsfelde Palace Park, the Berlin Animal Park was established in the 1950s with the active support of the local population.
Streng vertraulich oder Die innere Verfassung Trailer (1990)
07 October 1990
Multilayered documentary about the dissolution of the Ministry for State Security of the GDR: Half a hundred buildings, a thousand rooms, bunkers, its own prisons - the Berlin central complex of the former Ministry of State Security.
In Georgia Trailer (1988)
04 March 1988
Impressionistic East German documentary filmed mainly in the Georgian countryside in 1986-1987. The director, a painter, wanted to see if similar scenes to those found in the work of Georgian painter Niko Pirosmanishvili still existed there.
Der kleine Reiseführer Trailer (1957)
01 January 1957
A selection of travel destinations for vacationers from the GDR in socialist countries abroad, beginning with a consultation at a branch of the German Travel Agency of the GDR (DER).
Three of Many Trailer (1961)
01 December 1961
Böttchers film showcases three young workers who learn how to paint, draw, and make sculptures out of stone.
Martin Luther Trailer (1981)
01 December 1981
Using some unique documents and pictures, this colour film shows the life and work of Martin Luther in the context of his own time and his relevance to our time.