Movies
- 1965

Der weiße Mantel
Der weiße Mantel01965HD
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...
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- 1985

Irrläufer
Irrläufer101985HD
At the freight yard of a small town in East Germany, a railcar loaded with Russian sparkling wine is causing a stir. Looters appear to have broken...
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- 1973

Das Trauerspiel
Das Trauerspiel01973HD
In 1972 the funeral service is held for the deceased tycoon Friedrich Flick. It marks the beginning of the dismantling of a legend.
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- 1980

Grenadier Wordelmann
Grenadier Wordelmann01980HD
1780: When farmer Schmitzdorff in Wust, Brandenburg, is denied permission to marry his stepdaughter Sophie, he goes to Potsdam to obtain permission...
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- 1977

Absage an Viktoria
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- 1978

Children’s Home
Children’s Home01978HD
DEFA documentary on the residents of an East German children’s home, banned until after the fall of the Berlin Wall
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- 1982

Johanna Just
Johanna Just01982HD
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- 1967

400 cm³
400 cm³01967HD
GDR anti-Vietnam propaganda film with footage of East Germans donating blood to be sent to the Viet Cong soldiers.
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- 1981

Postcards III; Woman at the Clavichord
Postcards III; Woman at the Clavichord71981HD
With films including the 'rubble woman' portrait Martha, the three-part experimental film cycle Potter's Stier, Venus nach Giorgione and Frau am...
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- 1981

Meiningen - Meiningen
Meiningen - Meiningen01981HD
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- 1986

Kalter Engel
Kalter Engel81986HD
What are Ilona Herfurt and her boyfriend Dietmar Freistrath doing in the old mine? Where does the money come from that her son Jimmy finds under the...
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- 1979

Die fernen Freunde nah
Die fernen Freunde nah01979HD
Report on a trip of Vietnamese guests to the GDR to attend the premiere of the documentary film „The Iron Fortress“ about the history of...
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- 1987

All Ideas Begin as a Dream
All Ideas Begin as a Dream01987HD
Alle Ideen beginnen als Traum (All Ideas Begin as a Dream) (1987) is an East German documentary directed by Annelie Thorndike. The film follows...
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- 1973

Die klugen Dinge
Die klugen Dinge101973HD
A young couple from the present day is transported by magic to a distant fairy-tale world. There they encounter clever objects such as the table that...
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- 1953

Ami go home
Ami go home01953HD
Actions in West Germany against the occupation statute and the general war treaties.
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- 1979

Des Henkers Bruder
Des Henkers Bruder91979HD
On the eve of the German Peasants' War, the family of the young Christoph falls victim to an act of revenge by the knight Scharfenstein. The peasant...
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- 1955

Berge, Bretter, Winterwetter
Berge, Bretter, Winterwetter01955HD
The film shows images of the "Solidarity" vacation home in Oberhof.
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- 1979

Star and Flower
Star and Flower01979HD
He is not interested in all the beautiful flowers around him and would give anything for only one star from the sky. And what about the man in the...
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- 2023

I'm Laughing to Keep from Crying
I'm Laughing to Keep from Crying02023HD
This portrait shows Black cartoonist Oliver Harrington from New York, who fled to the GDR. For his political drawings, he drew on worldly anecdotes...
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- 1952

Karriere in Paris
Karriere in Paris91952HD
France at the time of the Restoration. The young country gentleman Rastignac comes to Paris to study. He takes up residence in a poor boarding house,...
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