Defa Studio Fur Wochenschau Und Dokumentarfilme Movies

Short film about electric railroad lines

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

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

Volker Koepp's second Wittstock film.

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

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

A brief history of the emergence and artistic innovations of tango in 19th-century Argentina and Europe. The film offers a mosaic of tango melodies,...

Documentary about a neck mill in Bulgaria

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

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

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

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

Portrait of a private coal company in East Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district in 1988/89. The feisty woman boss runs the business with humour and...

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

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

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