Movies

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

Holidays in colony (in Thuringia and on the Baltic) of the children of workers of a chemical industry in the DDR.

At the age of 18, Johann Sebastian Bach was ordered to Arnstadt to test the functionality and quality of a new organ. At the same time, as a musician...

Oyoyo (1980) is a cine-portrait of an educational internationalism with students from Chile, Guinea-Bissau, the Mongolian Soviet Republic, Cuba and...

A hard-hearted nobleman chases away all of his aged servants. Only one thresher manages to stay in service. However, he cannot do the required work...

A short sci-fi youth project film.

Susi works in a large depot for waste paper, which is bundled and loaded onto trucks for recycling.

This animated film advertises the advantages of the “Buchclub 65” (Book Club 65), a book community founded in 1965. Membership in the...

Accompanied by fast-paced editing and pop music, a young GDR citizen explains that even in rural areas the latest in literature can be enjoyed...

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

Stream of visual images, inspired by Friedrich Hölderlin's works.

This film describes a yearning for beauty and gentleness. The philosopher Lothar Kühne was especially concerned with how we live and build. He...

GDR documentary reflecting Vietnamese women's lives in wartime. It focuses on fishing co­operatives, an artillery unit, teachers, children, and a...

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...

short feature film

A biographical documentary about Ernst Thälmann.

Documentary about weaving and braiding

Accompanying Liselotte Schließer, who worked full time as a technical draughtswoman, in her private and professional daily life. She talks...