Trail of the Falcon

In the latter half of the 19th century, gold is discovered in the Black Hills, sacred land of the La

Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding-Hood lives together with her parents in a house on the edge of the forest. Her fri

Secret Archives on Elbe

The World War II. 1944. Nazis staged a cache which stores archival documents of its agents, rescued

Maiden, You Please Me

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

Apache

The story of Ulzana, an Apache chief who has reached a rapprochement with the local Mexican populati

The Beacon

On a barren and stormy island, fishing families eke out a meager existence on what they can catch du

Much Ado About Nothing

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

Before lightning strikes

The Flying Dutchman

In order to escape her narrow and restrictive life, Senta, the daughter of a rich shipowner, seeks r

The Sailor's Song

A film about the historical uprising of the seamen in Kiel: During the Russian October Revolution of

Frau Venus und ihr Teufel

Hans Müller finds himself on a trip in Thüringen, accompanied by his loving female friend, Moritz. H

Black Panthers

Seventeen-year-old Martina has a paralyzing fear of heights, which prevents her from fulfilling her

The Stolen Battle

In 1757, the second year of the Seven Years' War, Frederick II the Great stands at the gates of Prag

The Banner of Kryvyi Rih

In an act of friendship and solidarity between two mining towns in 1929, the locals of Kryvyi Rih, U

Tapetenwechsel

Marcel Schlurfke is not exactly the heartthrob that friends Elke and Gitte are looking for. So they

The Hedgehog Friendship

A funny story about a friendship between the children of East Germany and Czechoslovakia.

Katzgraben

They All Knew Each Other

A car factory in the GDR. During a test ride there is a major accident. One driver is dead, another

The Moorhound

Two boys are helping the border guards to find a mysterious moor hound used by spies to transfer mes

Sun Seekers

A socialist story of "atoms for peace" and compulsory labor in an East German uranium mine under Sov

Don't Forget My Little Traudel

17-year-old Traudel flees the orphanage she has to live in, in order to venture to Berlin.

Two Mothers

The story of two women, one French and the other German, who fight for a child who has been mistaken

Hey You!

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

An Old Love

Frieda and August Walkowiak celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary. However, the marriage has been

The Sons of Great Bear

As American settlers encroach on the lands of the Lakota people, Tokei-ihto witnesses the murder of

A Berlin Romance

Mid-1950s Berlin, before the building of the Wall. Uschi, a salesgirl and aspiring fashion model fro

Castles and Cottages

Lifelong hard work for the count makes the servant Anton a cripple. Everybody calls him Crooked Anto

Husaren in Berlin

Comedy about the "Husarenstreich", the 1757 Berlin raid during the Seven Years' War.

Wedding Night In The Drizzle

This comedic musical tells the story of Gabi, a young hairdresser from the Baltic coast who desperat

Zar und Zimmermann

In the Dutch town of Saardam, Tsar Peter the Great has disguised himself in order to learn the art o

The Casino Affair

In a casino in a We'5t German health resort, one often sees Sybille - an attractive young student ac

Das Kleid

Poor weavers Hans und Kumpan try to enter a town surrounded by a tall, impenetrable wall, where ever

The Heathens of Kummerow

Kummerow, a village in North East Germany, around 1900: Mean-spirited miller Düker wants to drive co

Das Tal der sieben Monde

Based on the novel of the same name by Harry Turk. 1944. In occupied Poland, a railway line is being

Life Begins

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

The Punch Bowl

It is the 65th birthday of Wilhelm Lehmann, foreman of a chemical company. All members of the large

The Track in the Night

The bricklayer Ulli has received a letter from his girlfriend Sabine asking him to come to her from

An Unusual Day

This unusual day was preceded by little Maja's laziness. She didn't feel like doing any schoolwork.

Fatal Error

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

Netzwerk

Film by Ralf Kirsten.

Tecumseh

At the beginning of the 19th century, white settlers regularly make and break treaties with the Nati

Alfons Zitterbacke

Alfons is very unlucky boy. Even when he intends well everything is going wrong, so his life is full

Entdeckung des Julian Böll

The six members of the Julian Böll brigade have been working well together for years. One day, the b

Im Sonderauftrag

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

Der kleine Kuno

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

Erich Kubak

Erich Kubak is an excavator operator at the lignite plant. A technical weakness in the excavator, wh

Urlaub ohne dich

Hannes comes forward with a suggestion on how to make his brigade more efficient. Due to his success

Mother Courage and Her Children

During the Thirty Years' War, the camp-follower Anna Fierling, called "Mother Courage", travels the

Zu jeder Stunde

The soldier Martin has been relocated to a small border village in Thuringia. During a storm, he com

Der Lotterieschwede

Bornholm island in 1880, where quarry worker Johan Jönsson lives a miserable life with his wife and

Brot und Rosen

At the VII Party Congress of the SED, a delegate tells a reporter his life story: 18-year-old return

Geschwader Fledermaus

An American transport squadron led by former General Lee supports the French colonial army in Vietna

Ohne Paß in fremden Betten

Czech tourist Jelinek decides to take a ride on the "Ferris wheel" in Berlin, and as a result he lag

Wo der Zug nicht lange hält

In a small town, a brigade is working on the construction of a new cultural center. Gerhard loves Ka

Kein Ärger mit Cleopatra

The black cooperative Cornwall boar achieves single-handedly, so to speak, what the LPG functionarie

Peter und das Einmaleins mit der Sieben

Peter is unwilling to learn the multiplication tables at school. He would rather work as an acrobat

Das verhexte Fischerdorf

Mauritius Halbermann, nicknamed "Mauts", works as an advertising manager for Gravo-Druck, a state-ow

Duped Till Doomsday

East Germany's contribution to the 1957 Cannes Film Festival was the wartime melodrama Betrogen bis

Polonia-Express

Railway employee Fritz Marr is not regarded well by his superiors. It is the year 1920, and trains r

Der Fackelträger

Senior public prosecutor Sänger from West Berlin has only one goal in mind: to finally be appointed

Wer seine Frau lieb hat

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

Gefährliche Fracht

During the unloading of the freighter "Florida", West German dock workers discover napalm bombs inst

The Adventures of Werner Holt

Two 17-year-olds, Werner Holt and Gilbert Wolzow, are pulled out of school and into Hitler's army. G

Kein Mann für Camp Detrick

Who doesn't know the dream of an unexpected million-dollar inheritance? For microbiologist Dr. Wolf,

Rauhreif

In 1960, 400,000 farmers are forced to join the LPG. After the forced collectivization, Thomas, son

Tote reden nicht

After Elmers, the head of the publishing house, is reported missing, his son-in-law Jürgen Brandt is