DEFA-Studio für Dokumentarfilme Movie Trailers
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Berlin – Bauplatz der Jugend Trailer (1982)
01 January 1982
Documents the work of youth work action on construction sites in East Berlin.
Märkische Heide, Märkischer Sand Trailer (1990)
10 October 1990
Volker Koepp revisits Zehdenick and Grüneberg, East Germany. People are struggling with the new political and economical conditions shortly before the German Reunification.
Leipzig ruft Trailer (1956)
01 January 1956
The documentary chronicles the preparations in the GDR and West Germany for the Second German Gymnastics and Sports Festival in Leipzig.
Wenn man vierzehn ist Trailer (1970)
06 March 1970
They are now no longer children. Young citizens distinguish themselves. The time before the Jugendweihe and its celebration.
An der Unstrut Trailer (1986)
30 May 1986
A documentary portrait of the city of Memleben in Saxony-Anhalt, counterpointing ancient medieval history and contemporary industrial reality.
The Ascending Path Trailer (1950)
05 October 1950
The economic and cultural improvements of the Soviet Occupied Sector are documented with scenes from the years 1945 to 1950.
The Tailor of Ulm Trailer (1980)
07 March 1980
Dammbeck made this film – a reference to the myth of Icarus and a metaphor for failure, hope, and human exploration – at the invitation of the legendary animator Kurt Weiler.
The Secretary Trailer (1967)
01 June 1967
Presentation of a commited State Party secretary at the Chemicals Combine in Buna. A former miner and small farmer rises to a leading political position.
1000 Years Weimar Trailer (1977)
29 September 1977
Documentary on the 1000-year-old town of Weimar. The film presents an example of the victory of humanist traditions over nazi brutality.
Vacation in Sylt Trailer (1957)
01 September 1957
The East German documentary uncovers the postwar career of Heinz Reinefarth, the former SS general responsible for atrocities during the Warsaw Uprising who became mayor of Westerland on the island of Sylt.
Jugend-Zeit ...in der Stadt Trailer (1979)
23 November 1979
Young people discuss life problems such as moving into their first apartment, but also how to shape their own future.
Song of the Rivers Trailer (1954)
17 September 1954
An allegorical documentary about the workers of the world, whose common destinies and hopes for peace are symbolically united by the rivers that run through their respective lands.
Once I Was a Child Trailer (1987)
20 March 1987
The interviews conducted by Tamara Trampe in a Pankow kindergarten testify to a rare attempt to enter the world of the young interviewees completely, to give their stories a space where reality and fantasy, worries and wishes can mix freely.
Berlin - Prenzlauer Berg Trailer (1991)
19 February 1991
The Prenzlauer Berg district in the former East Berlin was a particularly intense example of the "short summer of anarchy" on the heels of the fall of the Wall.
Wechseljahre Trailer (1985)
03 January 1985
The film uses documentary-style scenes, interviews and animated schematic drawings to expose the problems of the menopause as a natural stage of a woman's life, which is predominantly experienced without symptoms, and names individual problems about which Dr.
Ferien mit Dir Trailer (1954)
01 January 1954
A motorcycle vacation in the mountains and by the lake.
Operation Teutonic Sword Trailer (1958)
06 June 1958
An East German documentary by Andrew and Annelie Thorndike investigating NATO General Hans Speidel’s alleged role in the 1934 assassination of Yugoslav King Alexander I and French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou.
Telegramm auf Abwegen Trailer (1963)
17 May 1963
This documentary explores the charming Mecklenburg Lake District and its scenic attractions. Through a fictional narrative, the film follows the journey of a telegram sent to a vacationer who is constantly moving from one spot to another in the Lake District.
Immer bereit Trailer (1950)
20 July 1950
Documentary (in colour) about the first youth meeting (Deutschlandtreffen der Jugend) in East Berlin in 1950.
Bulky Trash Trailer (1991)
19 February 1991
In early summer 1989, Helke Misselwitz portrays young musicians in a band who produce their music on other people’s waste items.
Tango Trailer (1985)
09 August 1985
A brief history of the emergence and artistic innovations of tango in 19th-century Argentina and Europe.
Tag für Tag Trailer (1979)
25 November 1979
36 year old welder Karin works at an agricultural factory in Mecklenburg, Germany.
Stars Trailer (1963)
23 November 1963
This black and white documentary film reports on a brigade of women, they are the "stars" of a Berlin light bulb factory.
Wilhelm Pieck - Das Leben unseres Präsidenten Trailer (1952)
02 January 1952
Basing his work on documentary material, Andrew Thorndike tells the life story of Wilhelm Pieck: from young worker to fighter for the German working class, and from enemy of national-socialism to the first president of the German Democratic Republic.
Ludwig van Beethoven Trailer (1954)
02 July 1954
Documentary on the master composer, from a GDR point of view.
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.
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.
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.
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.