Defa Studio Fur Wochenschau Und Dokumentarfilme Movies

This first co-production between the GDR and Great Britain is intended to contribute to an understanding of the situation and attitudes of millions...

Posing as West German journalists, East German documentary filmmakers Heynowski and Scheumann pay a visit to the notorious Nazi-turned-mercenary...

The film is a reportage showing the help of workers from the GDR in the industrial reconstruction of Syria. We witness the friendly relationship...

The film draws attention to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, especially among adolescents and young adults, and identifies partner...

A realistic satire about the path of the German Democratic Republic from its foundation until its 40th birthday. This eye-opening film tells the...

Volker Koepp's second Wittstock film.

They are now no longer children. Young citizens distinguish themselves. The time before the Jugendweihe and its celebration. They visit Weimar, the...

Archive footage of bomb detonations during the Second World War combined with abstract graphic elements which show the destructive potential of...

Short film about electric railroad lines

Found footage documentary about the rise of the nazi party and the second world war.

Director Andreas Voigt interviewed people of different ages and social backgrounds about their experiences after the fall of the Berlin Wall. He...

Documentary on the master composer, from a GDR point of view.

Young East German men starting their compulsary 18-month military service at a Rostock garrison.

Documentary about a neck mill in Bulgaria

Documents important parts of the East German rock music scene of the late 1980s, from well-established bands like Silly, to underground rock bands...

An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world.

A locomotive journey traversing the North to the South of the German Democratic Republic on the eve of its dissolution. Labourers, punks, mothers,...