Wilhelm Pieck Trailers

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.

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.

Youth Sports Festival Trailer (1951)

01 December 1951

Sportivnyy prazdnik molodyozhi (Youth Sports Festival) (1951) is an East German sports documentary co-directed by Andrew Thorndike and Dmitri Vasilyev.

A Celebration of Our Youth Trailer (1955)

18 April 1955

The President of the GDR Wilhelm Pieck in Warsaw Trailer (1950)

01 July 1950

This reportage is focused on Wilhelm Pieck’s visit in Warsaw in 1950. He was the president of East Germany between 1949 and 1960.