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Sunday Drivers
1963-08-30
On August 12, 1961, eight people in three cars set off for Berlin from Leipzig. They want to go to t
Meschkas Enkel
1981-12-24
Eight-year-old Christian lives with his grandparents after the death of his mother. When his grandmo
The Island of the Silver Herons
1977-01-21
The late summer of 1918. Paul, Willi and Heinrich from an age-old German town are good friends, alth
Cattaro Mutiny
1980-01-31
In February of 1918, in Boka Kotorska, the greatest uprising of Austrian sailors broke out. Forty wa
Trace of Stones
1966-06-30
Bad planning and shortages prevail on an East German construction site. Foreman Hannes Balla uses un
Ein Tag und eine Nacht
1967-01-24
Ein Mann und sein Schatten
1963-05-21
At a farm-equipment plant, production lags at 89 % and a new, untested combine proves a “failure” in
The Thing in the Castle
1979-07-19
A senior professor is kidnapped in the park by residents of a veterans home. Once there, he is asked
Die lange Ankunft des Alois Fingerlein
1981-07-04
Der verspielte Scheidungsgrund
1974-12-21
When Martin Was Fourteen
1964-12-18
Martin′s and his girlfriend′s Kathrin′s childhood comes to an abrupt end in 1920, when their Mecklen
As Long as There’s Life in Me
1965-09-09
This is part one of a two-part biopic about Karl Liebknecht. In 1914, Germany is arming itself for w
Ein Häuschen im Grünen
1983-08-05
Dantons Tod
1977-03-27
Carnations in Aspic
1976-09-24
A commercial artist with a lisp chooses silence, unexpectedly propelling his career. His perceived i
Maria
1974-07-11
Distinguishing marks: none
1956-03-08
Post-war Germany: Like so many other women, Gerda Krause has lost her husband during the war and has
Ich zwing dich zu leben
1978-04-19
Germany at the end of World War II: Teacher Grübler lives in a small village in the Ore Mountains to
Sheriff Teddy
1957-11-29
A story about thirteen years old Kalle who is moving with the family from West Berlin to East.
The Troublemakers
1953-06-26
Schorsch and Franz are two rascals who are full of mischief and constantly tease both their teachers
Despite It All!
1972-01-13
October 1918: Karl Liebknecht is released from prison and Berlin workers celebrate his release. Alth
Die Premiere fällt aus
1959-02-13
Research results of enormous value are stolen from the experimental laboratory of a chemical company
Kuttel
1961-06-08
Young Kuttel belongs to a group of working-class children who live in Berlin at the beginning of the
Stories of That Night
1967-06-07
Four directors - four styles - four episodes, all relating the events of a single night which has en
Christine und die Störche
1962-04-07
An old ruin serves as the favorite playground for Christine and her friends. It is also the home to
Polonia-Express
1957-11-07
Railway employee Fritz Marr is not regarded well by his superiors. It is the year 1920, and trains r
Meeting Point
1956-10-04
DEFA crime film about the smuggling of PVC across the (still open) border from East to West Berlin.
The Case of Dr Wagner
1954-10-08
Dr. Wagner is a scientist currently working on an experiment for the Asta plant in East Berlin. If t
Jacke wie Hose
1953-04-29
Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class
1954-03-09
This film is the first of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politicia
Naked Among Wolves
1960-04-10
1945: Buchenwald concentration camp shortly before liberation: Polish inmate Janowski rescues a smal
Die Spaghettibande
1982-01-17
Five Days, Five Nights
1961-02-27
Five Days, Five Nights (Fünf Tage, Fünf Nächte) takes place in Dresden in the immediate aftermath of