Movies

DEFA documentary in honor of the 750th birthday of the city of Berlin.

The second part of the “Maxhütte Cycle.” The camera follows Hans Vogel, the head of the pig iron division, during a nine-hour...

Documentary about a youth work brigade working on the construction of a tower block in Berlin-Marzahn

GDR documentary from the 1980s about the former district of Leipzig. The film goes beyond the city limits of Leipzig and conveys impressions of...

Hier deutsche Volkspolizei (1972) is an East German documentary directed by Andrew Thorndike and Peter Vatter. Commissioned by the Ministry of the...

Documentary about a military manoever involving all the armies of the Warsaw Pact.

The fisherman's son Christian, called Spinner, has a lively imagination. When he is sailing with his pirate sailboat, he feels like the sailor...

On the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution, street surveys and interviews with citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany provide information...

The East German Volksmarine Academy "Karl Liebknecht" introduces itself.

This film describes a yearning for beauty and gentleness. The philosopher Lothar Kühne was especially concerned with how we live and build. He...

Documentary focuses on women farmers from the village of Worin. Even on International Women's Day, March 8, these women do not want to hand over...

Documentary focusing on socialism and East German industry and labour, including a script of Lenin's most famous writings and speeches.

Documentary film

The first puppet animation film in the GDR shows the fairy tale about the quarrels of an unequal pair of animals, which is well-known in both German...

A girl stands alone at the window after a night of love, which is the end of the relationship with a guy, and thinks about the past time with the...

The television play by Werner Bernhardy depicts episodes from the life of Heinrich Zille as well as his much-praised "Milljöh". It tells of...

Interviews with children in Palestinian refugee camps.

The GDR is delivering pre-assembled port crane systems to Morocco by water.

Entertainment in the GDR is the subject of this film, a wide field with many critical but also successful aspects. Examples from various kinds of...