Movies

A documentary portrait of the everyday life of teenagers in Mecklenburg.

Otto, the master of the house, behaves in an exemplary manner. He washes, cooks, does housework, gives presents to his wife, in short, he does...

East German short documentary

The girl Nephrite Blossom draws water from an enchanted spring for Otaro, who is exhausted to death. As a result, she falls under the control of the...

Short film about the tanks of the NVA (army of the German Democratic Republic)

A mother hedgehog lives in the forest with her seven sons. Two of them fall down a slope; one is eaten by an owl, the other is found after...

Biographical notes on the American singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson (1898-1976). At the height of his fame and skill,...

This short puppet-animated film criticizes American toy companies for their militaristic toys and marketing which fosters politically aggressive...

The film tells the story of the smelter brigade of a steel mill whose members are connected by a strong comradeship. Among the workers are, for...

Documentary short about Hungarian poet Miklós Radnóti (1909-1944).

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

Documentary film by Wolfgang Bartsch.

During the Battle of Stalingrad, five German soldiers and officers are taken prisoner of war by the Soviets. In an interview, they talk about the...

East German short documentary

Die Novemberrevolution 1918 (The November Revolution 1918) (1956) is a short East German documentary directed by Andrew and Annelie Thorndike....

In 1980, Wolfgang E. Struck, artistic director of the Berlin Friedrichstadt-Palast, wistfully considers the imminent demolition of his house due to...

The land in poor Hassan's Central Asian homeland is stony and lacks water. Every day, he gazes longingly at the well in the garden of the rich...

On the table, the pencil is resting from his work. A hungry mouse discovers him on her foray. She threatens the pencil to gnaw him if he does not get...

What are Ilona Herfurt and her boyfriend Dietmar Freistrath doing in the old mine? Where does the money come from that her son Jimmy finds under the...