Movies

The entire globe is barren; there is no green left. A long line of people edges slowly forward. Under the strictest security, the people manage...

Sigmund Jähn, (East) Germany's first man in space, and the preparations for the space flight are portrayed.

A creative and skilful montage as well as dramatically spot-on sound and music effects are combined in a snappy plot to offer a mordant commentary on...

Short film about the naval training in the GDR.

A man visits a variety of locations in an attempt to find a place free of noise and distraction, only to discover he may be looking for something...

East German short film

Nine peasant woodcarvers from Poland, their works, their thoughts, and the unexpected elements in each personal view. They draw their themes from...

24 hours at the Berlin traffic accident standby service. The frequency of accidents on the streets of the capital of the German Democratic Republic...

This documentary about the Buchenwald concentration camp features interviews with survivors who describe their memories and experiences. The...

On the 160-hectare grounds of the former Friedrichsfelde Palace Park, the Berlin Animal Park was established in the 1950s with the active support of...

A haunting love story using rotoscope and several fascinating optical techniques.

Documentary on physicist Max Steenbeck

This silhouette-animated short exposes the Pinochet government through comparisons to Hitler's Nazi regime.

“We no longer stand before a choice between peace and war, but between peace and annihilation (Brecht 1947)”, one of the posters in the...

Dialogue between children from Kampuchea who talk about their terrible experiences during the Pol Pot regime and pupils from Erfurt, Arnstadt and...

It’s only after the separation from her husband that another man tells her how valuable she is: the Chladek family, she’s a teacher,...

Experimental film

East German animation.