Movies

A working-class son who became orphaned in the war is brought up by his foster father to become an upright citizen. Now, after graduating from a...

Shortly after Chile's 1973 military coup, three men are fleeing across the Andes to Argentina. They witness the murder of a farmer by Chilean police...

Some deeds done by a Nazi in France during World War II lead to more killings in the present. Are they revenge, or is there another motive? Both...

Faustus wants to invent a fire that is stronger than all previous flames. Then death approaches him. In order to prolong his life, he makes a pact...

Master builder Bruno Kippnagel brings home his regular table acquaintance, the clever Egon Albert, who has a perfect command of the 'art of...

A locomotive journey traversing the North to the South of the German Democratic Republic on the eve of its dissolution. Labourers, punks, mothers,...

Short film about foreign affairs

A look at the history of jazz, which has its origins in the music of Africans enslaved to North America 300 years ago.

Sister Agnes helps in all situations and does not only make friends. She has just fallen out with the new mayor. The consequences leave an entire...

In front of audience estimated to be 500,000, The Boss performs a historic show

A small town shortly before the end of the GDR: 15-year-old Ulla lives with her mother in a dilapidated old building where not even the electricity...

Bad planning and shortages prevail on an East German construction site. Foreman Hannes Balla uses unconventional methods to overcome the problems....

One morning, a tailor was sitting at the window sewing. A shopkeeper came by and loudly offered plum jam for sale. The little tailor spent his last...

A film on the subject of peace. The authors' discussion partners, who contribute their own reflections and assessments to the film, are the...

Kollwitzplatz, Prenzlauer Berg: Children are playing and climbing all over the monument to Käthe Kollwitz, frowning adults are watching them....

Documents important parts of the East German rock music scene of the late 1980s, from well-established bands like Silly, to underground rock bands...

When the hare stumbles over the sleeping hedgehog one Sunday morning, an argument ensues. The insulting word "crooked leg" is uttered. In his...

A radio signal attracts a team of astronauts to a mysterious planet. Once there, they are warmly welcomed by an alien race, but are soon suspicious...

Based on a semi-autobiographical story by Ogai Mori, about a Japanese medical student who goes to Berlin to study in the 1880s and falls in love with...