Movies

A graphic fairy tale movie about the adventures of four friends - a donkey, a dog, a rooster and a cat - who deal with an evil master and robbers.

Susi works in a large depot for waste paper, which is bundled and loaded onto trucks for recycling.

Karl, Katrinchen and Spatz are visiting their grandmother every christmas. The small village is covered up by snow and so the three kids build a...

A princess laments for her treasure. The knights Dick and Schick rush off to fetch it. A little bird joins them and they take it with them and defend...

Documentary about the Fifth Festival of Sorbian Culture 1980 in Bautzen.

Observations of everyday life in Krakow.

This film describes a yearning for beauty and gentleness. The philosopher Lothar Kühne was especially concerned with how we live and build. He...

GDR documentary reflecting Vietnamese women's lives in wartime. It focuses on fishing co­operatives, an artillery unit, teachers, children, and a...

Die Konzessionen des Mister Urquhart (The Concessions of Mr. Urquhart) (1961) is an East German documentary directed by Andrew Thorndike, Annelie...

The sun is drunk! She has emptied every beer barrel! Instead of going down, she has forgotten about time and is messing up the whole city. Will they...

East German animation.

Family surprise. East German animated film.

Reconstruction of a smuggling operation exploiting the transit agreement by the human trafficking gang Mierendorff: This Stasi training film reenacts...

Documentary focusing on socialism and East German industry and labour, including a script of Lenin's most famous writings and speeches.

East German documentary.

Teenagers at risk who are cared for and trained in a "Jugendwerkhof", a borstal - a problem almost totally suppressed officially. The film enquires...

The film shows the flag handover and swearing-in ceremony of the first unit of the National People's Army on the eve of May 1, 1956 and the parade of...

The film honors the achievements of the NVA in preparing and securing the World Festival. It documents the opening, the demonstrations of the GDR...