German Democratic Republic Movies

2009
Der schwarze Kanal kehrt zurück
Der schwarze Kanal kehrt zurück
42009HD
2007
An die Grenze
An die Grenze
4.82007HD
19-year-old NVA soldier, Alex Karow, is sent to the West German-East German border in May 1974, shortly after Willy Brandt's resignation and during...
1986
Alfred
Alfred
6.71986HD
Short biographical documentary about the life of Alfred Florstedt and his life as a progressive communist from the Weimar Republic to his death in...
1972
Despite It All!
Despite It All!
7.21972HD
October 1918: Karl Liebknecht is released from prison and Berlin workers celebrate his release. Although WWI is almost over, the German Kaiserreich...
2016
Großes Kino made in DDR
Großes Kino made in DDR
2.82016HD
In 2016, DEFA celebrates its 70th anniversary: the film embarks on a journey into the exciting film history of the GDR. In a comprehensive...
2002
The Ministry for State Security - Everyday life at a public authority
The Ministry for State Security - Everyday life at a public authority
7.52002HD
Former heads, senior officers and the rector of the MfS law school explain how the ministry functioned. The interviewees see themselves as legitimate...
1958
My Wife Wants to Sing
My Wife Wants to Sing
01958HD
Having been happily married for ten years, Gerda Wagner, devoted mother and housewife, suddenly gets it into her head that she would like a career as...
2024
Berlin Tempelhof Airport - Gateway to Freedom
Berlin Tempelhof Airport - Gateway to Freedom
02024HD
Located in former West Berlin, Tempelhof Airport reflects the dramatic history of the 20th century. Once a Nazi showpiece, it later became a symbol...
2008
Sportsfreund Lötzsch
Sportsfreund Lötzsch
02008HD
2003
Bernau liegt am Meer
Bernau liegt am Meer
92003HD
Daniel lives in Bernau, a small town north of Berlin.This film tells this 21-year-old’s story and describes the radical right-wing milieu in...
2005
NVA
NVA
5.72005HD
Somewhere in the GDR, in 1988: young soldier Henrik Heidler starts his service in the National People's Army, a whole new world. Together with the...
1988
The Boss from the West
The Boss from the West
3.71988HD
1990
DDR: Der Aufstand vom 17. Juni 1953
DDR: Der Aufstand vom 17. Juni 1953
01990HD
"GDR The uprising of June 17, 1953" - : Since its founding, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) has repeatedly struggled with domestic political...
2008
November Child
November Child
5.42008HD
Malchow, German Democratic Republic, 1980. 20-year-old Anne is hiding Juri, a deserter of the Red Army. The two fall in love with each other. But...
2005
Die Nachrichten
Die Nachrichten
42005HD
Jan Landers made it: Grown up in East Berlin, he quickly made his career after the turnaround: from the weatherman of a local station to the...
2008
Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution
Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution
62008HD
The free, almost naive view from the perspective of a child puts the "68ers" in a new, illuminating light in the anniversary year 2008. The film is a...
2020
Reunification in the Ice: The Story of the Last GDR Antarctic Explorers
Reunification in the Ice: The Story of the Last GDR Antarctic Explorers
82020HD
In 1989, thirteen GDR scientists and technicians set off from East Berlin to the Georg Forster research station in the Antarctic. During their...
2009
Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel
Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel
72009HD
1989
After Winter Comes Spring
After Winter Comes Spring
7.71989HD
A locomotive journey traversing the North to the South of the German Democratic Republic on the eve of its dissolution. Labourers, punks, mothers,...
2008
Heimatkunde
Heimatkunde
6.62008HD
Former "Titanic" satire magazine editor Martin Sonneborn takes an undercover trip around Berlin and discovers the East-German mentality and what is...