Gerd Kroske

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Born in 1958 in Dessau. He studied Cultural Sciences at the Humboldt University in Berlin, and Directing at the Academy for Film and Television Konrad Wolf in Potsdam-Babelsberg. From 1987 to 1991, he worked as a writer and dramaturge at the DEFA documentary studio. Gerd Kroske has been making his own films since the autumn of 1989, and has worked as a freelance writer and director since 1991.

Most Popular Gerd Kroske Trailers

Total trailers found: 21

The Hour Oak Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

There’s an oak tree that was familiar to everyone who used to drive along the highway just south of Berlin.

Heino Jaeger - Look Before You Kuck Trailer (2012)

30 October 2012

A documentary about the tragic life of the forgotten German comedian Heino Jäger.

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.

Grenzpunkt Beton Trailer (2015)

01 January 2015

Documentary short film about the afterlife of the remnants of the Berlin Wall.

Pride & Attitude Trailer (2025)

09 October 2025

The viewpoints of women from a country that no longer exists preserved on low-band U-matic tape. GDR-FRG.

Neues Deutschland Trailer (1993)

03 July 1993

An exploration of the revival of Nazi sentiment in Germany is the theme of the five short films gathered together in this anthology.

Sweep it Up, Again Trailer (2006)

03 November 2006

„I began documenting their lives, if only because I hoped each film would have a happy ending.“ )

SPK Complex Trailer (2018)

18 February 2018

The anti-psychiatric Socialist Patients' Collective (SPK) was founded in Heidelberg in 1970 and attributed individual suffering to society’s capitalist structures.

Drawing a Line Trailer (2014)

28 October 2014

Former East Germany, punk music, the wall, betrayal, jail, exit for the West: a film confronting these things on the offensive – and seeing its view of them as a balancing act.

The Boxing Prince Trailer (2002)

24 January 2002

The documentary tells the life story of the boxer Norbert Grupe, who was known by his fighting name Prince of Homburg.

Highway East Trailer (2004)

04 November 2004

With their border crossings, transit routes and their control by the “Volks-Polizei” (GDR police), with their concrete slabs and their history of construction, reaching back to the “Reichsautobahn” of the National Socialist era, the AUTOBAHN east stands as an example of German and German-German history.

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.

La Villette Trailer (1990)

17 July 1990

Only two months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, in January 1990, almost two hundred controversial East German visual and performance artists—including Jürgen Böttcher, the Autoperforation Artists, AG Geige, Via Lewandowsky, Trak Wendisch, Conny Hege, Klaus Killisch, Helga Paris and Hanns Schimansky—presented works rarely shown in the GDR at the exhibition space in the former La Villette slaughterhouses on the outskirts of Paris.

Wolli in Paradise Trailer (2007)

11 November 2007

The place: the outskirts of Hamburg, a flat, two rooms, a kitchen, a bathroom. The time: one day and the passing night.

Galera Trailer (1998)

26 March 1998

The young French from Mantes-la-Jolie call their everyday tours “Galera”, alluding to a strenuous life with obstacles.

Leipzig in Autumn Trailer (1989)

24 November 1989

Voigt, Kroske and Richter were among the first filmmakers who documented the events of the historic 9th of October 1989.

Sweep it Up, Swig it Down Trailer (1997)

07 May 1997

Gabi, Stefan, and Henry used to work as street-sweepers for the city of Leipzig. A ruin is all that is left of the Municipal Street Cleaning Base of that time, and the city of Leipzig is moving after the reunification.

Neues in Wittstock Trailer (1992)

20 November 1992

Sixth Wittstock film. This Wittstock film, co-produced by the French broadcaster La Sept, begins in 1990.

Kurt - You Shall Laugh Trailer (1992)

06 May 1992

Kurt Wans(z)ki has spent his life in psychatric clinics. He is diagnosed as: retarded to the level of early childhood, incapable of learning.

Terminus Brest Trailer (1994)

16 February 1994

Brest is not situated in Brittany. The terminus Brest is the frontier station between Belorussia and Poland.

Bounds Trailer (2009)

05 November 2009

In the 80’s, new border barrier systems were used in the former GDR. The escape attempts with cars towards West Germany increased.