Movies

A short social reportage with a working-class aesthetic and Brechtian alienation effect, aimed at a politically educated German audience.

Documentary film by Wolfgang Bartsch.

Silhouette animated short about a boy who learns the value of hard work over wishing.

Interviews with children in Palestinian refugee camps.

The nine sisters of light want to make the world a more beautiful and cheerful place and sing their song as they work. This enrages the Son of...

A young artist receives a telegram: his girlfriend has a stopover at Potsdam station. She wants to use the time to see him... The movie tells of...

Film report on the VII District Children's and Youth Spartakiade in Quedlinburg, combined with a presentation of sports education in the GDR in...

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

East German animated film.

Family surprise. East German animated film.

70 days after the government decision to build the Schwarze Pumpe combine, the foundation stone is laid. Trick explains the project and its...

This color documentary reports on the winter sports resort of Oberhof in the Thuringian Forest. Vacationers and members of the FDGB, as well as...

1. Families enjoy winter vacations in the GDR mountains, skiing, sledding, and building snowmen. Ski rentals and lifts are available, and winter...

Actor Manfred Krug reports on winter sports in the GDR. Numerous topics are covered in short segments: promoting young talent in winter sports,...