Jürgen Böttcher Movies

Grabe's film about his friend, fellow filmmaker, and painter Jürgen Böttcher aka Strawalde.

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

In this interview with contemporary witnesses, painter and director Jürgen Böttcher talks about some stages of his professional career....

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

Presentation of a commited State Party secretary at the Chemicals Combine in Buna. A former miner and small farmer rises to a leading political...

Kochberg Castle was once owned by the von Stein family and Goethe visited Charlotte von Stein there several times. On the occasion of the "1000 years...

In this film about apprentices of the Rewatex laundry, Böttcher once again turns to the focal concern of almost all his films the attempt to...

At the Eisenhüttenkombinat Ost an der Oder, a new blast furnace is being moved to replace a burnt-out one. 2000 tons have to be moved 18 meters:...

A DEFA documentary celebrating the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students, held in East Berlin in the summer of 1973. Blending reportage with...

This color documentary tells the story of the "Mamais." In 1960, a group of workers at the Bitterfeld chemical plant set themselves the task of...

History and art in Berlin's new center. Like a fossil, the Marx-Engels-Forum, a large, ambitious monument project of the GDR, adorns a central...

Interview with Jürgen Böttcher about his filmmaking practice conducted and directed by Christoph Hübner

This film portraits the artist and model-builder Hermann Gloeckner, who was born in Dresden in 1889. Even at the age of 96 he is still drawing with...

Martha Bieder is the last rubble-woman in Berlin Rummelsburg. Every day, rain or shine, she stands at the conveyor belt - as she has for decades -...

A cinematic visit to the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. The camera usually observes the visitors and paints their views on scenes of the ensemble of...

Summertime in Prerow at the Baltic Sea. A cheerful film with the spirit of the sixties.

A shunter's job is to slow down, link, and unlink train wagons at a central station. The film documents - without any commentary - the working hours...

Documenting a May Day demonstration in West Berlin in 1972

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