Movies

A novelty in German post-war history: a young woman becomes mayor in a village. She is efficient and enjoys respect, but soon enough two villagers...

Young seminary student Franziskus has been ceremonially ordained. He wants to escape the harshness and injustice of the world and devote himself to...

Max and Tüte are super excited about a math-whiz robot at an exhibition. The boys smuggle him out so he can do their math homework. But the...

The factories pollute the air so much that every living creature in town must wear a gas mask if they want to survive.

The director describes the everyday life of a little boy who, as a "latchkey kid," has to spend the afternoon alone until his father finally comes...

A creature bearing the ominous name "Mishap" is hot in pursuit of an unfortunate lumberjack and eventually decides to live with him. It soon gets...

The documentary reports on the goings-on at the only GDR racecourse in Berlin-Karlshorst. Pensioner Herta Rogau, who has been in charge of a betting...

This black-and-white documentary reports on a meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid in East Berlin from March 24 to 29,...

Lavish adaptation of Wilhelm Hauff′s fairy tale: Young charburner Peter Munk dreams of joining the upper class. He makes a deal with the...

In a Russian POW camp, four Germans determined to end WWII agree to pose as Red Army soldiers. Are they patriots or traitors, heroes or opportunists?...

How the human right to freedom, dignity and inviolability are represented in practice - from the Middle Ages to the present day.

A railway line is to be laid through remote Lusatian farmland. Surveyors herald the “new era” with their work. The events also leave...

The final exam of sixteen and seventeen year olds at the end of the 10th grade. The individual in the minutes in which he is supposed to show what he...

Puberty drama about the first love of a 15 year old girl from Berlin.

The movie is based on a true story from the end of WWI, in Transylvania. A nobleman who owned some land in Transylvania returns home to find a part...

The story of a 14-year-old boy's problems. Unable to overcome his parents' divorce, Steffen mutates into a "failure" and has to repeat year 7 at...

The first animated feature film made in East Germany. The people of Shilda were once welcome at the courts of princes all over the world, but back at...

A man waits at the side of the motorway with a tow rope, waiting for a car to tow him. Many, many cars go by without stopping until the driver of a...

Everything started with a forbidden apple. The independent and intellectual man is responsible for continuous progress. But when profit-greedy people...

Angela Davis visiting the German Democratic Republic. A film about the people she met and her impressions.