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In the Lohm Valley Trailer (1977)
18 November 1977
Sculptor Makolies is filmed working on a sculpture in the middle of a quarry in Swiss Saxony. The quarry workers go about their work around him.
March Brandenburg, Inc. Trailer (1991)
25 June 1991
In late 1990 times are changing in Zehdenick, Brandenburg: Russian troops are leaving, the German Reunification brings euphoria and new hope, but unemployment rises steadily.
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.
You and Many a Comrade Trailer (1956)
30 August 1956
An East German documentary that uses archival footage to trace a direct line from Imperial Germany through the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich to the Federal Republic of West Germany in the 1950s.
Unity SPD – KPD Trailer (1946)
01 May 1946
Documentary about the merging of the Communist Party of Germany and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in the Soviet occupation zone, a merger that would lead to the creation of the Socialist Unity Party that would rule the soon-to-be-created East Germany until 1989.
Köchin in der Taiga Trailer (1977)
07 January 1977
Documentary portrait of a cheerful cook working at a Siberian oil mining camp.
Martha Trailer (1979)
12 January 1979
Martha Bieder is the last rubble-woman in Berlin Rummelsburg. Every day, rain or shine, she stands at the conveyor belt - as she has for decades - sorting through rubble.
And the Desire Remains... Trailer (1988)
08 November 1988
In three parts, the documentary takes a look at the lives of three working mothers in East Berlin. Carola is a nude model and cleaner, Sabine is a singer and Heike is a secretary.
Nordzuschlag - Sibirische Charaktere Trailer (1975)
21 November 1975
DEFA documentary about various summer workers in Siberia.
Kommando 52 Trailer (1965)
15 November 1965
The film deals with the infamous "Kommando 52", which was active in the 1960s civil war in the Congo and was recruited mainly from West German men.
Shunters Trailer (1984)
30 November 1984
Experienced shunters working at the Dresden-Friedrichstadt goods yard. In all weathers, day and night, they couple and uncouple the wagons.
The Winter's Tale Trailer (1973)
09 August 1973
Leontes, king of Sicily, tries to convince his friend Polyxenes, king of Bohemia, to stay longer as his guest.
Grosskochberg - Public Landscape Gardens Trailer (1977)
14 July 1977
Kochberg Castle was once owned by the von Stein family and Goethe visited Charlotte von Stein there several times.
Marx Family Trailer (1988)
01 January 1988
A moving short portrait of Karl Marx’s family and their living conditions during their time in London.
Zoo Film Trailer (1968)
01 January 1968
This black and white documentary film reports from the Berlin Zoo, located in the Friedrichsfelde district of the Lichtenberg district, was opened in 1955 and is the largest landscape animal garden in Europe with an area of 160 hectares.
Drei Tage im Mai Trailer (1964)
02 October 1964
A film about the Germany meeting at Pentecost 1964. It focuses on questions and answers from young Germans from East and West during a club discussion.
Do You Know Where Herr Kisch Is? Trailer (1985)
18 October 1985
The “Raging Reporter” Egon Erwin Kisch (1885-1948) was one of the most significant journalists of the 1920s and 30s.
Das Stacheltier – Eine Liebesgeschichte Trailer (1953)
11 December 1953
The writer Franz Schmidt reads to two editors from his new romance novel. The two criticize the lack of a problematic portrayal of the joyful life of youth, the role of women and the collective "welding together".
Jugend-Zeit Trailer (1978)
10 November 1978
The documentary tells the story of Anke, Birgit and Katrin, who are training to become cattle breeders and graduate from high school.
Traces Trailer (1989)
13 October 1989
Martin Brandt (1903-1989), an unforgettable Jewish actor and former member of the Jewish Kulturbund Theater in Berlin, recites from Macbeth and Nathan the Wise, the play that opened the theater in October 1933.
Love-Letters 66 Trailer (1967)
12 May 1967
Two narrators read the letters of unknown people and tell about the fate of individuals, their work, love and life.
She Trailer (1970)
02 October 1970
A consciously modern depiction of working women in East Germany – labourers and managers in a garment factory talk about relationships and family planning, raising children and career qualifications, women’s rights and equality in the socialist (meritocratic) society.
Das Stacheltier - Der Wintermantel Trailer (1954)
08 January 1954
A little man wants to order a warm coat from a fabric he has brought with him to a tailor's workshop in winter.
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.
ABF-Memoiren Trailer (1993)
13 February 1993
The documentary shows historical film footage from the workers' and farmers' faculties (ABF) of the GDR, which existed until 1962 and were intended to help level out class differences in the education sector by preparing mainly workers' and farmers' children for a university career.
Das Freie Orchester Trailer (1989)
10 March 1989
"The Free Orchestra" is a group of young people who have various careers, and get together in their free time to make music.
Talking with Germans Trailer (1965)
01 January 1965
The Belgian documentarian Frans Buyens interviewed passers-by in East Berlin and Dresden, factory workers and technical draftswomen at the Warnow shipyard in Stralsund, small business owners in Chemnitz, LPG farmers in the countryside, foreign students at the Gottfried Herder Institute in Leipzig and industrial workers in Magdeburg and Eisenhuettenstadt.
Afghanistan 1362: Memories of a Journey Trailer (1985)
15 October 1985
In December 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Four years later—the Islamic calendar's year 1362—, director Volker Koepp visited Kabul and neighboring provinces.
Die Prüfung Trailer (1972)
03 March 1972
The final exam of sixteen and seventeen year olds at the end of the 10th grade. The individual in the minutes in which he is supposed to show what he can do and who he is.
Farewell, Beautiful Forest… or How a Film Was Censored Trailer (1990)
14 June 1990
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 to save this landscape.
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.
whisper & SHOUT Trailer (1988)
20 October 1988
Documents important parts of the East German rock music scene of the late 1980s, from well-established bands like Silly, to underground rock bands like Feeling B.
Gustav J. Trailer (1973)
03 May 1973
Portrait of 80 year old Gustav J., born in Lithuania, who became a blacksmith and whose paths of life led him to East Prussia, Russia and finally to Germany.
Gut gemeinter Zuruf oder Das Kleefest Trailer (1977)
29 July 1977
A village in the Republic celebrated its traditional clover festival in the summer of 1976. In the form of a political feuilleton, the film conveys to the viewer the new attitude to life of the people in the countryside.
Jubiläum einer Stadt - 750 Jahre Rostock Trailer (1968)
01 December 1968
Promotional documentary for Rostock and Warnemünde with no commentary. Eleven film themes are set to a suite by composer Günter Kochan.
It'll Be Okay Trailer (1991)
01 June 1991
Director Bernd Sahling documents almost four years in the life of a young man who experienced two political systems, East and West Germany, and cannot fulfill his dreams in either of them.
Paul Dessau Trailer (1967)
10 August 1967
The film’s subtitle identifies it as a “study of the constructive discontent of a composer”. It is a portrait of the pugnacious musician Paul Dessau (1894 – 1979), who was controversial in East Germany, as a teacher.
Furnace Builders Trailer (1962)
13 November 1962
At the Eisenhüttenkombinat Ost an der Oder, a new blast furnace is being moved to replace a burnt-out one.
Laundresses Trailer (1972)
10 November 1972
In this film about apprentices of the Rewatex laundry, Böttcher once again turns to the focal concern of almost all his films the attempt to report as truthfully and impressibly as possible on the life of workers.
Berlin - Auguststraße Trailer (1980)
23 May 1980
Documentary about a district with social problems and an unconventional teacher, who tries to teach more than just knowledge.
Im Nikolaiviertel Trailer (1989)
01 January 1989
The Nikolaikirche is the oldest building in Berlin. The reconstruction of this building in 1981 marked the beginning of the reconstruction of the historic heart of Berlin.
Geborgenheit im Alter Trailer (1981)
01 January 1981
Becoming old - the autumn of man's life is the same the world over, wherever he lives. But the way one spends old age is different everywhere, and distinguishes one society from another.
The Seven from the Rhine Trailer (1954)
01 January 1954
Die Sieben vom Rhein (The Seven from the Rhine) (1954) is an East German documentary directed by Andrew and Annelie Thorndike.
The Carbide Factory Trailer (1988)
01 November 1988
Morbidly beautiful images show the unreasonable working conditions at a rusty factory.
Spielplatz Trailer (1966)
25 February 1966
Impressions of a playground in Berlin. It is also the playing field of the elderly chess and card players - counterpoint to the argument of isolation and emptiness in old age.
...und der Vater blieb im Krieg. Begegnung mit syrischen Waisen Trailer (1990)
19 June 1990
Director Junge was commissioned by the GDR in the country for the first time in the summer of 1970; his film In Syria auf Montage accompanies German engineers who train workers in the Homs textile factory.
Dass ihnen der arme Mann Feind wird Trailer (1975)
25 July 1975
This documentary shows the German Peasants’ War between 1524 and 1525 and looks at the role of Thomas Müntzer in it.
Schon fast wie Mann und Frau - Erfahrungen mit dem ersten Geschlechtsverkehr Trailer (1985)
25 January 1985
Teenagers talk about the butterflies in one’s stomach, their curiosity or their disillusionment after the “first time”.
Machen im Jahre 2001 alles die Maschinen Trailer (1968)
01 March 1968
In view of the rapidly advancing development of technology, the film draws attention to the fact that people will not be able to manage without knowledge and skills.
Film-Salabim Trailer (1984)
06 April 1984
Children are introduced to the magical world of cinema in a cheerful and fantastic way; embedded in a turbulent story, they learn about the film professions.
Iron Age Trailer (1991)
24 November 1991
Ten years after breaking off the film "Anka and ..." nearly all the protagonists of that time have disappeared.
Automaten zum Weben und Flechten Trailer (1989)
01 January 1989
Documentary about weaving and braiding
Last Year Titanic Trailer (1991)
23 February 1991
Director Andreas Voigt interviewed people of different ages and social backgrounds about their experiences after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Ich will mit Dir leben Trailer (1986)
23 May 1986
Three couples are presented who live together under very different conditions and in different situations.
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.
Wir waren in Karl-Marx-Stadt Trailer (1967)
01 January 1967
Film report about the meeting of the youth organization of the GDR (FDJ = Freie Deutsche Jugend) with guests from 57 countries as well as the 8th Parliament (similar to a party congress) in Karl-Marx-Stadt, today Chemnitz.
400 cm³ Trailer (1967)
03 February 1967
GDR anti-Vietnam propaganda film with footage of East Germans donating blood to be sent to the Viet Cong soldiers.