Her Third

In this East German film, the third one in The Third is Margit's third lover. After her mother's dea

The Legend of Paul and Paula

Paul and Paula have had bad experiences with love: Paul is financially well off but has lost all aff

The Man with the Objective Lens

A humorous and satirical comedy, which places a man from the year 2222 one day in the (then) present

Who's Afraid of the Devil

Based on a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm: Jakob is a poor farmer′s boy. Because of his timidity t

The Tinder Box

A young soldier discovers three chests of copper, silver and gold and an old tinder-box in the hollo

Moritz in der Litfaßsäule

No one has any time for Moritz. And at school, things are not exactly the greatest either. Moritz ru

Zement

Early 1921: a man is on his way home. Gleb Chumalov, regimental commander, worker and Hero of the Or

Späte Ankunft

In 1896 the Berlin noble doctor Dr. Wilhelm Holtfreter takes over his well-to-do wife Mathilde and t

Camping, Camping

The fully loaded Trabi rolled towards the Baltic Sea and father Detlef is for once in excellent mood

Das Buschgespenst

In the forests of the Ore Mountains, on the border with Bohemia, a gang of smugglers is up to mischi

Fatal Error

At the end of the 19th century, the Wyoming Oil Company has established itself in the vicinity of Wi

Die Zwillinge

When twin brothers Georg and Steffen look a little too deeply into their glasses one day, they decid

Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa

Russian soldier Grisha escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp in the spring of 1917. He is caugh

Seine Hoheit – Genosse Prinz

Kasper Mai, an export merchant and comrade with a “clean” record, discovers he is the prince of Hohe

Levin's Mill

In a small village in West Prussia in the 1870s, Germans, Poles, Gypsies and Jews live together as n

Käthe Kollwitz – Pictures of a Life

Kathe Kollwitz was 47 years old, and already a well established artist in Germany and abroad when Pe

Much Ado About Nothing

Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed s

Der Richter von Zalamea

Historical drama set during the reign of Philip II of Spain. The royal troops have taken up quarters

As Long as There’s Life in Me

This is part one of a two-part biopic about Karl Liebknecht. In 1914, Germany is arming itself for w

The Captain from Cologne

Albert Hauptmann is an out of work waiter in Cologne who is often confused with a former Captain of

Maiden, You Please Me

A Saxon village in 1792: While the Prussians go against France, the haymaking takes place in the vil

Stielke, Heinz, Fifteen...

Everything changes for fifteen-year-old Heinz Stielke, a fanatical member of the Hitler Youth, when

Lotte in Weimar

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) was the author of Werther, the romantic novel that was transf

Optimistische Tragödie

During the October Revolution in 1917 the Bolshevik Party appointed a woman commissioner of the “Fre

The Russians Are Coming

It’s the spring of 1945 in a small resort town on the Baltic. Günter is 16 and firmly believes that

Ich zwing dich zu leben

Germany at the end of World War II: Teacher Grübler lives in a small village in the Ore Mountains to

Farewell

In August of 1914, amidst the public ecstasy surrounding the impending war, Hans Gastl, the young so

Italienisches Capriccio

Biography of the comic poet Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793).

Stein

Actor Ernst Stein, having abdicated from the stage in 1968 in protest of the Soviet invasion of Czec

Nikolaikirche

The story of a Leipzig family from 1987 to the Monday demonstrations in 1989. After the death of her

Die Grünstein-Variante

The plot revolves around three men waiting to be deported in a prison. To escape the monotony, they

Im Sonderauftrag

A warship returning from a training exercise was tasked with apprehending an unknown schooner that h

Das Stacheltier - Das Gesellschaftsspiel

Three gangsters overpower a night watchman and try to break into a safe. Opening the door triggers a

Der blaue Boll

Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund

Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, the paths of three people on the run cross by chance in

Lenz

The Gleiwitz Case

Re-enacted true story of successful assault by Nazis, posing as Poles, on a German border radio stat

Zünd an, es kommt die Feuerwehr

A morality tale from the time of the Saxon Kingdom. The von Siebenthal volunteer fire department has

Wer seine Frau lieb hat

The Berlin Volkseigene Betrieb (VEB) Komet is planning a company outing. Willi Redlich, member of th

Der Mann und sein Name

The young Walter Retzlow, drafted into the guard team of a foreign labor factory in the last year of

Career

Günter Walcher, 40-years-old, is a hardworking, apolitical West German businessman caught in a moral

Winter Child

Winterkind tells a tragic story of the Russian Yelena, who after seven years of captivity learns tha

A Strange Love

After a hot and steamy company party, Sibylle and Harald, both in their late thirties, spend the nig

Where Others Keep Silent

Ten days in the life of socialist politician Clara Zetkin. In August 1932, she is summoned from Arch

Schwein gehabt

In the winter of 1945/46, new teacher Hadubrant is tricked by Olly, the 14-year-old daughter of his

The Fiancee

The wrenching story of a woman sentenced in 1934 to ten years in prison for antifascist activities.

Thomas Müntzer

In 1523, young Thomas Müntzer arrives with his wife Ottilie in the Thuringian village Allstedt to as

Die Unbesiegbaren

The film "Die Unbesiegbaren" covers an episode in German history, in which the Bismarck government t

Life Begins

A new world full of excitement and temptation opens up for 18-year-old Erika when her father flees f

Despite It All!

October 1918: Karl Liebknecht is released from prison and Berlin workers celebrate his release. Alth

Der Biberpelz

Netzwerk

Film by Ralf Kirsten.

Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell

The "Astoria", an English luxury liner, collides with a freighter shortly before the end of its voya

Dusk: 1950s East Berlin Bohemia

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

Eine Pyramide für mich

A conference is to be held once again to discuss the construction of a new dam, which Professor Paul

School Ghost

Carola is a mischievous girl who doesn't care much for school- except for sports and recess, of cour

Meine Frau Inge und meine Frau Schmidt

One day, the happily married Karl Lehmann is asked by his single colleague, Mrs. Schmidt, for an unu

The Land Beyond the Rainbow

A surrealist tale set in the East German village of Stalina.

Der kleine Kuno

What do grown-ups actually do at night? Little Kuno has been asking himself this question a lot late

Flucht ins Schweigen

During construction work in a small town in Thuringia, the burial of an unidentified man in an SS un

Die heute über 40 sind

Film by Kurt Jung-Alsen.

Vicious Circle

Shortly after the seizure of power by Adolf Hitler at the beginning of 1933, preparations were under

Drei Mädchen im Endspiel

The soccer team of the company sports association "BSG Hartenfels" is going downhill. New training m

Mich dürstet

Spain 1936: Despite the victory of the Popular Front, nothing has changed for the peasants; the gran

Sommerliebe

Young, pretty Milli is passionate about winter sports, and of all things, she wins a vacation trip t

Sein großer Sieg

GDR and West Berlin in the 1950s. Hans Nettermann, a designer at the "Komet" bicycle factory, is a f

Sommer, Sonne, AK 8

This documentary, intended to inspire new home filmmakers, tells the stories of ordinary people who

Herberge für einen Frühling

Hochmut kommt vor dem Knall

Under political pressure, a West German radio station stages a radio play about a Russian invasion o

Martin’s Diary

Martin, the young protagonist of this hybrid documentary interspersed with staged scenes, is afraid

Das Abendgericht