East Berlin Movies

  • 1982
    Exploring the Brandenburg Marche

    Exploring the Brandenburg Marche

    Exploring the Brandenburg Marche

    01982HD

    On a forest road in the Brandenburg March, village teacher Potsch accidentally encounters the distinguished Professor Menzel, who got stuck there in...

    Exploring the Brandenburg Marche
  • 1991
    The Girl in the Lift

    The Girl in the Lift

    The Girl in the Lift

    6.21991HD

    Frank, a tenth grade student, falls in love with his classmate Regine. His father is a well-connected plant manager in the GDR; Regine's mother is a...

    The Girl in the Lift
  • 2015
    Erich Mielke - Master of Fear

    Erich Mielke - Master of Fear

    Erich Mielke - Master of Fear

    52015HD

    Docudrama about life, career and breakdown of Erich Mielke, the former Security chief of East Germany.

    Erich Mielke - Master of Fear
  • 2021
    Tunnel to Freedom

    Tunnel to Freedom

    Tunnel to Freedom

    7.22021HD

    13 August 1961: the GDR closes the sector borders in Berlin. The city is divided overnight. Escape to the West becomes more dangerous every day. But...

    Tunnel to Freedom
  • 2015
    Die Klasse - Berlin '61

    Die Klasse - Berlin '61

    Die Klasse - Berlin '61

    7.22015HD

    Die Klasse - Berlin '61
  • 1961
    Two Among Millions

    Two Among Millions

    Two Among Millions

    61961HD

    Two Among Millions
  • 2009
    Comrade Couture

    Comrade Couture

    Comrade Couture

    52009HD

    This film undertakes a journey into the amazing parallel universe of East Berlin’s fashion designers and experts in the art of survival. For,...

    Comrade Couture
  • 1957
    Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser...

    Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser...

    Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser...

    6.31957HD

    The corner Schönhauser Allee in East Berlin is the main meeting-point for a group of adolescents. Dieter is a construction worker who falls in...

    Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser...
  • 1976
    Dear Fatherland Be at Peace

    Dear Fatherland Be at Peace

    Dear Fatherland Be at Peace

    71976HD

    1964 in Berlin, not long after the raise of the wall that separated the city: ex-prisoner Bruno is chosen by the eastern secret agency to be sent...

    Dear Fatherland Be at Peace
  • 1982
    Berlin – Bauplatz der Jugend

    Berlin – Bauplatz der Jugend

    Berlin – Bauplatz der Jugend

    01982HD

    Documents the work of youth work action on construction sites in East Berlin.

    Berlin – Bauplatz der Jugend
  • 2007
    Berlin am Meer

    Berlin am Meer

    Berlin am Meer

    7.42007HD

    Berlin am Meer
  • 2015
    Das Geständnis

    Das Geständnis

    Das Geständnis

    02015HD

    In 1988, the East Berlin homicide squad again and again encounters crimes that - according to the opinion of party leadership and state security - do...

    Das Geständnis
  • 1991
    Something to Do with the Wall

    Something to Do with the Wall

    Something to Do with the Wall

    71991HD

    In 1986, Ross McElwee (Sherman's March) and Marilyn Levine were making a film about the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, when the imposing...

    Something to Do with the Wall
  • 1988
    Berlin Hauptbahnhof

    Berlin Hauptbahnhof

    Berlin Hauptbahnhof

    01988HD

    Documents the remodeling of the Ostbahnhof in Berlin Friedrichshain into the central station of the GDR.

    Berlin Hauptbahnhof
  • 2015
    Generation '89 - Growing up in the year of change

    Generation '89 - Growing up in the year of change

    Generation '89 - Growing up in the year of change

    7.12015HD

    The documentary tells the story of the reunification from the perspective of six teenagers from East Germany.

    Generation '89 - Growing up in the year of change
  • 1970
    Lars

    Lars

    Lars

    101970HD

    East Berlin, 1985. Lars, a young Stasi Lieutenant, discovers his parents are underground smugglers. Now, with his commanding officer over for dinner,...

    Lars
  • 1950
    Immer bereit

    Immer bereit

    Immer bereit

    101950HD

    Documentary (in colour) about the first youth meeting (Deutschlandtreffen der Jugend) in East Berlin in 1950.

    Immer bereit
  • 1988
    Die Mühlendammschleuse

    Die Mühlendammschleuse

    Die Mühlendammschleuse

    01988HD

    Children's film with animation and live action elements about how the lock in the Spree River works.

    Die Mühlendammschleuse
  • 1979
    Ocana, der Engel der in der Qual singt

    Ocana, der Engel der in der Qual singt

    Ocana, der Engel der in der Qual singt

    01979HD

    Legendary drag performer Ocaña in performance with a cardboard Marilyn on the west side of the Berlin Wall.

    Ocana, der Engel der in der Qual singt
  • 1993
    Dusk: 1950s East Berlin Bohemia

    Dusk: 1950s East Berlin Bohemia

    Dusk: 1950s East Berlin Bohemia

    51993HD

    A documentary and film essay about the artist scene in East Berlin during the 1950s.

    Dusk: 1950s East Berlin Bohemia