German Democratic Republic Movies

  • 2016
    Großes Kino made in DDR

    Großes Kino made in DDR

    Großes Kino made in DDR

    3.22016HD

    In 2016, DEFA celebrates its 70th anniversary: the film embarks on a journey into the exciting film history of the GDR. In a comprehensive...

    Großes Kino made in DDR
  • 1986
    Alfred

    Alfred

    Alfred

    6.71986HD

    Short biographical documentary about the life of Alfred Florstedt and his life as a progressive communist from the Weimar Republic to his death in...

    Alfred
  • 2002
    The Ministry for State Security - Everyday life at a public authority

    The Ministry for State Security - Everyday life at a public authority

    The Ministry for State Security - Everyday life at a public authority

    62002HD

    Former heads, senior officers and the rector of the MfS law school explain how the ministry functioned. The interviewees see themselves as legitimate...

    The Ministry for State Security - Everyday life at a public authority
  • 1968
    Hot Summer

    Hot Summer

    Hot Summer

    5.81968HD

    In this East German teen musical, a group of girls are planning to take their summer vacation together on the Baltic coast. When a loud and obnoxious...

    Hot Summer
  • 2008
    Heimatkunde

    Heimatkunde

    Heimatkunde

    6.62008HD

    Former "Titanic" satire magazine editor Martin Sonneborn takes an undercover trip around Berlin and discovers the East-German mentality and what is...

    Heimatkunde
  • 2010
    East-West Passage

    East-West Passage

    East-West Passage

    62010HD

    In the summer of 1989 tens of thousands of tourists from communist East Germany came to Hungary. They were deeply disillusioned because they felt...

    East-West Passage
  • 2008
    Sportsfreund Lötzsch

    Sportsfreund Lötzsch

    Sportsfreund Lötzsch

    02008HD

    Sportsfreund Lötzsch
  • 2007
    Alle Alle

    Alle Alle

    Alle Alle

    62007HD

    Ina, just released from prison, returns to the place of her childhood in search of life and meets the occasional desperado Domühl in her...

    Alle Alle
  • 1975
    Fischzüge

    Fischzüge

    Fischzüge

    5.51975HD

    A ship from the GDR fishing fleet is on its way home. The work is done, the hold full of fish. Captain Nipmerow could be satisfied with that, but he...

    Fischzüge
  • 1976
    Krach im Hochhaus

    Krach im Hochhaus

    Krach im Hochhaus

    01976HD

    A high-rise building like any other: the tenants lived a "normal life", went to work, came home and paid no further attention to their neighbors....

    Krach im Hochhaus
  • 2008
    Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution

    Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution

    Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution

    72008HD

    The free, almost naive view from the perspective of a child puts the "68ers" in a new, illuminating light in the anniversary year 2008. The film is a...

    Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution
  • 2019
    Brüder Kühn: Zwei Musiker spielen sich frei

    Brüder Kühn: Zwei Musiker spielen sich frei

    Brüder Kühn: Zwei Musiker spielen sich frei

    82019HD

    Brüder Kühn: Zwei Musiker spielen sich frei
  • 2016
    From Us to Me

    From Us to Me

    From Us to Me

    92016HD

    In October 1987, the documentary film collective Amber Films from Newcastle became the first British film crew ever allowed to shoot in East Germany....

    From Us to Me
  • 2019
    Honeckers letzte Reise

    Honeckers letzte Reise

    Honeckers letzte Reise

    02019HD

    25 years after Erich Honecker's death, his personal secretary in Chile gives MDR an exclusive insight into the family's private archive. The material...

    Honeckers letzte Reise
  • 1989
    Die DDR im Umbruch

    Die DDR im Umbruch

    Die DDR im Umbruch

    01989HD

    Documentary about the late-era German Democratic Republic

    Die DDR im Umbruch
  • 2009
    Der letzte Sommer der DDR

    Der letzte Sommer der DDR

    Der letzte Sommer der DDR

    02009HD

    Der letzte Sommer der DDR
  • 1980
    Die Entstehung der beiden deutschen Staaten

    Die Entstehung der beiden deutschen Staaten

    Die Entstehung der beiden deutschen Staaten

    01980HD

    Short film about the GDR (DDR) and the FRG (BRD)

    Die Entstehung der beiden deutschen Staaten
  • 2007
    Der volkseigene Bürgermeister

    Der volkseigene Bürgermeister

    Der volkseigene Bürgermeister

    02007HD

    Der volkseigene Bürgermeister
  • 1970
    Der Duft des Westpakets

    Der Duft des Westpakets

    Der Duft des Westpakets

    01970HD

    Der Duft des Westpakets