Julia lebt

GDR border guard Gunter Rist is a young man from humble homes. During a swimming competition he meet

Späte Ankunft

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

Ruppiner Schweiz - Am Ende eines Sommers

North of Neuruppin lies the Ruppiner Schweiz, the smallest “Swiss” area on German soil. Fontane love

Bear Ye One Another's Burden...

At the beginning of the 50s, two extremely disparate men meet in a private sanatorium for consumptiv

Ernst Thälmann

This elaborate two-part television film features a section from the life of communist worker leader

Boundaries of Time - Caspar David Friedrich

A study of German 19th Century Romantic art through the writings and paintings of Carl David Friedri

Ware für Katalonien

At the end of the 1950s, the production of optics in the German Democratic Republic has reached top

Lotte in Weimar

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

Der Kindermord

When the two children of the Menzel family are found murdered, the parents come under suspicion of h

Vera – The Hard Way to Enlightenment

The story of Vera Lenz, a young and very attractive woman who is the daughter of a pastor and comes

Todesengel

A 15-year-old girl goes into the woods with some friends at night. She is raped by three men. Those

Wenn Du zu mir hältst

Die Tage der Commune

Victory and demise of the first proletarian dictatorship in the history of mankind, about the strugg

Hey You!

Teacher Ellen is fed up with her lame partner and colleague Horst. He teaches with such complacency!

The Break

A story about massive robbery from the safe of German railways set in 1946.

Ein Mann, der sterben muß

Unknown assailants threaten the life of British scientist Dr. Ronald Fergusson. Only by chance does

Wenn die Nacht kein Ende nimmt

The 17-year-old commercial student Doris, a young, blameless girl, lives with her relatives without

Variete

Depicts the world of bourgeois entertainment when vaudeville shows, operetta, theater, cabaret and s

Der erste Tag der Freiheit

Jugend ohne Gott

A teacher at a German high-school in the nineteen thirties has issues with his students who seem to

Die Heiratsannonce

Verlobung in Hullerbusch

In 1960, farmer Walter Wagemühl learns from the West that his life is coming to an end. In order to

Happy End

In Chicago of the 1920s, crime gangs are fighting a bitter battle for power. Gangster boss Bill Crac

Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti

The play tells the story of the chronic drunkard and landowner Puntila. When he is drunk, he is virt

Addio, piccola mia

Last years in the Life of german Dramatican Georg Büchner. Around the year 1830 he and his fellow st

Baron Münchhausens Tochter

Verschwörung

Das Leben des Galileo Galilei

Dusk: 1950s East Berlin Bohemia

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

Zauber um Zinnober

The magician of the court feels offended by princely arbitrariness and senses for revenge. For this,

Farewell

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

Max Hölz – Der rote Rebell

Documentary about German communist Max Hoelz (1889-1933).

Fog

At the beginning of the 1960s, a German turns up on behalf of the NATO in the British village of Roc

The Sorrows of Young Werther

The young and rebellious Werther is passionately, but hopelessly, in love with Lotte. Although he kn

Five Days, Five Nights

Five Days, Five Nights (Fünf Tage, Fünf Nächte) takes place in Dresden in the immediate aftermath of

Väter der tausend Sonnen

This documentary details the life of Klaus Fuchs who was a spy for the Soviet Union while working on