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...

East German animated film.

How the human right to freedom, dignity and inviolability are represented in practice - from the Middle Ages to the present day.

This documentary about the Buchenwald concentration camp features interviews with survivors who describe their memories and experiences. The...

This is part one of a two-part biopic about Karl Liebknecht. In 1914, Germany is arming itself for war. Karl Liebknecht, left-wing revolutionary...

Scharnhorst, who said that the army should march at the forefront of progress, is one of the NVA's role models. The film uses historical material to...

A black-and-white children’s film follows class 6b during their autumn holidays. After a fun test drive with a new electric locomotive, they...

Germany in May 1945: the war is over, men are returning home and a new life begins in the villages. After 12 years in a concentration camp, the "Red...

Rowing rider Klas Miggelsen is upset because his coach Breiting puts him in a boat together with amateur Heiner , How should he ever celebrate...

Although mocked by his collegaues, the dean of Salamanca sets off to find the legendary bird Turlipan.

"Route Casanova" is how people call the train driver Roland Diesler, as a love awaits him at almost every station. His colleague even has to carry...

A film using the famous stop-motion technique well known from the Sandmännchen. It's based on a Sorbic tale of young Hanka who lives in a...

It’s only after the separation from her husband that another man tells her how valuable she is: the Chladek family, she’s a teacher,...

The history of money goes back to when people decided to settle down. They look for a physical equivalent to exchange goods… Nörgel and...

Berlin, end of the 1920s. Young factory workers Hete and Paul are expecting a child. When first Paul and then Hete become unemployed, the two look...

The film reports on the massive forest damage in the Ore Mountains on the Czech-German border and the desperate struggle of foresters and residents...

In 1987, after over ten years of work, Werner Tübke (1929-2004), one of East Germany’s most important painters, completed the monumental,...

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

To gain lands from the prince of Saxony, a group of orphans seeks Mozart, in order to obtain the very rare score of one of his compositions.