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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,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Helke Misselwitz

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yves Montand

SS officer Walter Krüger talks about his career. Now he is Secretary of the „Kameradschaftsverband I. Panzerkorps der ehemaligen Waffen-SS...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Walter Niklaus

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Siegfried Müller

Potter's Bull is the first part of the "Over-Paintings" Trilogy (Uebermalungen) by painter and director STRAWALDE (Juergen Boettcher). Paulus...

Genre: Documentary

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Documentary film about the Spanish Civil War.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Norbert Christian

Volker Koepp documents life in the Dorotheenstadt in Berlin-Mitte, which was called "Feuerland" in the 19th century.

Genre: Documentary

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Leontes, king of Sicily, tries to convince his friend Polyxenes, king of Bohemia, to stay longer as his guest. But only Hermione, Leontes' wife, can...

Genre: Animation

Cast: Elsa Grube-Deister

Martin Brandt (1903-1989), an unforgettable Jewish actor and former member of the Jewish Kulturbund Theater in Berlin, recites from Macbeth and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: André Hennicke

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Winfried Junge

Portrait of a private coal company in East Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district in 1988/89. The feisty woman boss runs the business with humour and...

Genre: Documentary

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Documentary about German communist Max Hoelz (1889-1933).

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Heinz-Dieter Knaup

Böttchers film showcases three young workers who learn how to paint, draw, and make sculptures out of stone. The film generated a storm of...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Manfred Krug

This black and white documentary film reports from the Berlin Zoo, located in the Friedrichsfelde district of the Lichtenberg district, was opened in...

Genre: Documentary

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A moving short portrait of Karl Marx’s family and their living conditions during their time in London.

Genre: Documentary

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Documentary about the small city of Rheinsberg, once the summer residence of Prussian princes. Average working class people comment on the history of...

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The film’s subtitle identifies it as a “study of the constructive discontent of a composer”. It is a portrait of the pugnacious...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Paul Dessau

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Helene Weigel

In a reception camp for ethnic Germans in Eisenach, the director gets to know the girl Doris S. who went to West Germany and came back. This film...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gerhard Scheumann