Codename Pirate

A documentary on the late American entertainer Dean Reed, who became a huge star in East Germany after settling there in 1973.

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...

In the documentary Last To Know political prisoners, sent to jail for openly opposing the East German regime that existed until the German...

Jerry, an ordinary immigrant dad, retired in Orlando, is recruited to be an undercover agent for the Chinese police. Jerry’s family recreates...

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, thousands of documents were hastily shredded by the dreaded GDR political police. 16,000 bags filled with six...

A documentary spy thriller that takes place during the Cold War but which gets its resolution today in the small village of Burträsk outside...

At the end of the GDR existence, around 8,000 children and young people were so-called "unofficial employees" of the State Security. They were...

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

From an official perspective, marginal youth culture did not exist in East Germany. The topic of subcultures was taboo in the GDR, and groups such as...

Journalist Daniela Dahn interviews the East-German author Christa Wolf during the German reunification: reflections on history, changing politics,...