Volker Koepp Trailers
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Most Popular Volker Koepp Trailers
Total trailers found: 59
Landstück Trailer (2016)
03 March 2016
The end moraines of the Uckermark have kept Volker Koepp busy for decades. Following the socio-historical "Uckermark", he devotes himself in "Landstück" even more intensively to conveying the sensory experience of this sparsely populated, ecologically fascinating region between Berlin and the Baltic Sea.
Elder Blossom Trailer (2007)
26 June 2007
The film tells the story of the East Prussian landscape and its inhabitants. At one time Germans, Poles, Lithuanians and Jews lived here alongside and with one another.
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.
Seestück Trailer (2018)
24 August 2018
Following Landstück (2016), Volker Koepp's documentary Seestück is about the magical, natural setting of the Baltic Sea, its coasts and its people – including fishermen, seamen, scientists and young people on both the Baltic and Scandinavian shores.
Frankfurter Tor Trailer (2004)
29 April 2004
"Frankfurter Tor" is the name of a huge parking lot for trucks on the A12 Berlin-Frankfurt freeway. For many years, this asphalted spot in the Mark Brandenburg served to pre-regulate border traffic.
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).
Die Gilge Trailer (1998)
01 December 1998
Shortly behind the once East Prussian, now Russian town of Tilsit, the Memel splits into a delta. The widest arms of this delta, the Ruß and Gilge, finally flow into the Curonian Lagoon.
Hütes-Film Trailer (1978)
17 March 1978
Documentary about the sisters Lene and Berta who live in a village in Thuringia.
At the River Trailer (1979)
13 July 1979
A documentary about the village Kienitz at the river Oder, about the people, their life, their history.
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.
Berlin - Stettin Trailer (2009)
29 October 2009
In his film "Berlin-Stettin", well-known documentary film director Volker Koepp embarks on a journey to the places of his own past: Born in 1944 in Stettin (now the Polish city of Szczecin) and grown up in Berlin-Karlshorst, Koepp has again and again met people and found places located between the two cities that he turned into the protagonists of his films – in Brandenburg, in Mecklenburg, and in Pomerania.
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.
Cold Homeland Trailer (1995)
01 January 1995
In this documentary Volker Koepp shows part of the history of Prussia. He begins 700 years ago with the land of the Pruzzen situated between the rivers Weichsel and Memel and proceeds the development of the state.
The Vast Field Trailer (1976)
30 September 1976
Social, cultural, and historical changes in a village, the first film of Koepp's “landscape” series.
Junge Leute Trailer (1971)
16 April 1971
A documentary about young people just starting their higher education and their professional life.
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.
Leaving and Staying Trailer (2023)
20 July 2023
Meetings with readers, acquaintances and contemporaries of writer Uwe Johnson at the places where he lived.
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.
Schuldner Trailer (1971)
01 January 1971
A short documentary about dealing with people in rent arrears.
Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Volker Koepp Trailer (1995)
31 December 1995
Interview with Volker Koepp about his filmmaking practice conducted and directed by Christoph Hübner
In Rheinsberg Trailer (1982)
24 September 1982
Documentary about the small city of Rheinsberg, once the summer residence of Prussian princes. Average working class people comment on the history of this special place.
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.
Playboys Trailer (1998)
01 January 1998
A group of men shoot their mouths off in a pub. Their animated talk is all action-packed yarns and, of course, about women.
Feuerland Trailer (1988)
15 January 1988
Volker Koepp documents life in the Dorotheenstadt in Berlin-Mitte, which was called "Feuerland" in the 19th century.
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.
Mr. Zwilling and Mrs. Zuckerman Trailer (1999)
03 June 1999
In the west of Ukraine, not far from the border to Romania, there is a faraway European city: Chernivtsi.
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.
Tag für Tag Trailer (1979)
25 November 1979
36 year old welder Karin works at an agricultural factory in Mecklenburg, Germany.
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.
This Year in Czernowitz Trailer (2004)
07 February 2004
Chernivtsi, an out-of-the-way city in the middle of Europe. It was once part of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy as the capital of the crown province of Bukowina.
Up – Down Trailer (1994)
03 March 1994
Comedy drama about one of life's perennial losers who finally strikes it lucky with a beautiful woman, but not before experiencing the usual seemingly endless pitfalls.
Schattenland - Reise nach Masuren Trailer (2005)
01 October 2005
A documentary about Masuria, a province in the northeast of Poland, which is probably the most renowned part of former East-Prussia.
Aus meiner Kindheit Trailer (1975)
15 February 1975
Ernst is a student in Hamburg around 1900 and leads a life like many other young people. In his free time, he roams the colorful metropolis with his buddy Karl.
24 Hours Berlin Trailer (2009)
05 September 2009
24-hour television documentary about Berlin and its inhabitants, reporting in real time on the everyday lives of more than 50 protagonists from a wide range of professions, social classes, religions and ethnicities.
Die Wismut Trailer (1993)
09 October 1993
Documentary about the impact of uranium mining in East Germany.
Even Today He’d Speak His Mind Trailer (1975)
04 August 1975
Documentary about the German poet Erich Weinert.
Sommergäste bei Majakowski Trailer (1967)
01 December 1967
Biographical search for traces of the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930) in Georgia. During his early, pre-Revolution period leading into 1917, Mayakovsky became renowned as a prominent figure of the Russian Futurist movement.
Kurische Nehrung Trailer (2001)
10 February 2001
The "Curonian Spit" is a 98 kilometre long sand dune peninsula that separates the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea.
Leben und Weben (Wittstock IV) Trailer (1981)
18 December 1981
The fourth part of the Wittstock cycle is not only a continuation of the cinematic chronicle of the "Ernst Lück" tricot factory, but also a first summary of the development of the company since its almost ten-year existence.
Chronos - Flow of Time Trailer (2026)
12 March 2026
Tracing biographical lines, Volker Koepp steps into his oeuvre, rich in encounters. Returning to Lithuania, Moldova and Chernivtsi, he looks back and brings things up to date, as the war against Ukraine becomes a determining element of the present.
Uckermark Trailer (2002)
12 December 2002
Volker Koepp returns to the Brandenburg Marches, where many of his films were made. Uckermark describes the coexistence of the various eras using the stories and lives of the local people.
Wieder in Wittstock Trailer (1976)
16 September 1976
The film follows on from "Mädchen in Wittstock", in which the director already portrayed young female workers at the VEB OTB (Obertrikotagenbetrieb) "Ernst Lück" in Wittstock an der Dosse.
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.
Söhne Trailer (2007)
24 April 2007
In early 1945, the mother Elisabeth Paetzold flees from the Red Army from West Prussia towards the west with the two oldest of her four sons.
In Sarmatien Trailer (2014)
20 March 2014
Volker Koepp revisits locations and people from his earlier documentaries in the wide Eastern European region of Sarmatia.
Pommerland Trailer (2005)
01 April 2005
In his documentary film, Volker Koepp portrays the picturesque Polish region of Pomerania. But although the region appears to be idyllic, its inhabitants are struggling with big problems.
20 × Brandenburg Trailer (2010)
01 October 2010
Under the artistic direction of director Andreas Dresen, 20 renowned documentary filmmakers, experienced television writers, and teams tell stories about the country and its people.
Slatan Dudow: A Film Essay about a Marxist Artist Trailer (1975)
10 January 1975
A biographical documentary about the Bulgarian born film director Slatan Dudow (1903–1963).
