Movies

The propaganda film was intended to strengthen the solidarity of the people in the workers' and farmers' state with 'their' border guards and to...

Der 13. Oktober – 1. Der durchbrochene Kreis (1949) is an East German documentary directed by Andrew Thorndike and produced by DEFA. As part of...

The bird moves to the south in autumn and sings his most beautiful song to the lion there. When he flies back to the north, the lion sets off on the...

Student film about hiding Jews during the Second World War.

Members of the Society for Sport and Technology (GST) dive in the blue Adriatic. During their dives to depths of up to 45 meters, they experience the...

Documentary on new construction and reconstruction in Berlin's Friedrichstrasse in 1985.

This is the second installment in the Disco Film series to feature the Puhdys, a popular East German rock band. Their songs "Sturmvogel" ("Petrel")...

short feature film

East German short documentary

Training for tank drivers in training. The techniques for overcoming obstacles and driving through restricted passageways are taught.

The GDR is disarming and NVA tanks and aircraft are being scrapped. Members of the army have their say.

Documentary about the concentration camp Buchenwald.

East German short documentary by Lutz Schütze

A chronicle of the events in Dresden in the fall of 1989, which began on October 4 with the passage of refugee trains from Prague and the associated...

A man and his donkey rescue someone from a crevice, who repays the man with gold and the donkey with sugar. Later, they hear another cry for help and...

Documentary film

All sorts of shenanigans happen at the East German army's recreation home.

Ingeborg Tölke recaps her filmic biography, explains its elaborate technical conditions and talks about future core themes. She was presumably...

The married couple Angelika and Horst Butter sum up successes and setbacks of their joint amateur filmmaking. They now produce elaborate puppet...

The self-taught nature filmmaker Ingeborg Tölke uses quotes from literary encounters with the flora and fauna of the moor in a gentle approach...