Movies

The rooster Schreihals works diligently, while the two mice Singeschön and Springeschön prefer to play and dance all day long. When the...

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

Report on a trip of Vietnamese guests to the GDR to attend the premiere of the documentary film „The Iron Fortress“ about the history of...

The everyday work and life perspectives of a family of farmers from Brandenburg.

The little African girl Asina is eagerly waiting for her new friend Karli. Karli is a young sailor from Rostock who has promised her a gift on his...

In long takes with few cuts, women talk about their lives. All the conversations are shot in interior rooms, attesting to trust and great candour....

A soldier returns from the war. As he has nowhere to stay, he moves to hell. There he is ordered by the devil to stoke the fire under the cauldrons...

East German stop-motion animation version of the famous fairy tale, notable for its Beast appearing as an elephant.

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

This documentary explores the charming Mecklenburg Lake District and its scenic attractions. Through a fictional narrative, the film follows the...

A young couple from the present day is transported by magic to a distant fairy-tale world. There they encounter clever objects such as the table that...

The East German Navy's newest submarine hunter is presented. Also, a historical excursus about older anti-submarine ships and the hunt for enemy...

17-year-old Susanne is a gymnast and has a chance to join the national team. But now, of all times, she is having problems in training. She can't...

Documents the work of youth work action on construction sites in East Berlin.

This documentary is about the crimes of the former Federal Minister for Displaced Persons, Refugees and Victims of War, Dr. Theodor Oberländer,...

Old Otto Gratzick is a porter at DEFA and a great admirer of Asta Nielsen. When the famous actor Hermann Gschwindner dies shortly before the end of...

In interviews, several important GDR personalities and also GDR citizens comment on the events of October 1989.

The Belgian documentarian Frans Buyens interviewed passers-by in East Berlin and Dresden, factory workers and technical draftswomen at the Warnow...