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A locomotive journey traversing the North to the South of the German Democratic Republic on the eve of its dissolution. Labourers, punks, mothers,...

Documentary on the master composer, from a GDR point of view.

Posing as West German journalists, East German documentary filmmakers Heynowski and Scheumann pay a visit to the notorious Nazi-turned-mercenary...

Nine very private encounters with different people of the post-war generation and their memories of childhood and youth. Among others, the guitarist...

The only documentary ever made by DEFA on the topic of homosexuality was this public education film commissioned by the Hygiene Museum Dresden and...

Director Andreas Voigt interviewed people of different ages and social backgrounds about their experiences after the fall of the Berlin Wall. He...

An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world.

Found footage documentary about the rise of the nazi party and the second world war.

Archive footage of bomb detonations during the Second World War combined with abstract graphic elements which show the destructive potential of...

Documents important parts of the East German rock music scene of the late 1980s, from well-established bands like Silly, to underground rock bands...

Documentary short.

A documentary about young people just starting their higher education and their professional life.

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...

Documentary film about the Spanish Civil War.

Revolution and resignation within the changes at the end of the GDR.

Summer holidays of young pioneers and the report of the pioneer meeting in Dresden in August 1952.

This first co-production between the GDR and Great Britain is intended to contribute to an understanding of the situation and attitudes of millions...

Started in the summer of 1961, even before the Wall was built, the film becomes an explanation after this historical event as to why things can no...

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...