Heart of Stone

Lavish adaptation of Wilhelm Hauff′s fairy tale: Young charburner Peter Munk dreams of joining the u

Der Teufel vom Mühlenberg

This film is set in a medieval mill town in the Harz mountains. The greedy and brutal millman and hi

Für die Liebe noch zu mager

At the textile company, everyone appreciates the work of 18-year-old Susanne, but nobody really cons

The Russian Miracle

A two-part East German documentary tracing Russia’s transformation from the Tsarist Empire to the So

Destinies of Women

Berlin 1952, seven years after WWII. Four women are looking for a good man and happiness in the divi

Und wieder 48

In 1948, students from Berlin University take part in the filming of a movie about the 1848 revoluti

Once is Never

A musician seeks a peaceful vacation in a Vogtland village but is soon overwhelmed by requests for a

Toter Winkel

Testamente

Jan on the Barge

1934, Germany. Jan is a 13 year old boy, who is raised without a mother. His father, a communist, is

Der Kampf

Somewhere in Berlin

After WWII, Berlin lies in ruins. For Gustav, Willi and their friends the rubble provides an adventu

When Unku was Ede's Girlfriend

Ede falls in love with Unku, a girl from a travelling circus. Love cannot run smoothly however becau

Castles and Cottages

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

Musterknaben

Two young building workers are more interested in girls than their work; complications ensue at home

Grube Morgenrot

During the global economic crisis, "Morgenrot" mine is due to be closed due to unprofitable results

Der Mann und sein Name

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

Jahrgang 21

At the beginning of the Second World War, Czech music student Honsik comes to Germany from Prague to

Maria

When Martin Was Fourteen

Martin′s and his girlfriend′s Kathrin′s childhood comes to an abrupt end in 1920, when their Mecklen

Adamski

Horst Adamski takes a job as a department store detective and promptly falls in love with busy shopl

Grüne Hochzeit

Susanne (17) and Robert (18) want to get married, but because Susanne is still under-aged, she needs

Marie Grubbe

Zwischen vierzig und fünfzig

Auftrag: Überleben

Ein letzter Wille

52 Weeks Make A Year

Krestan Serbin, a 64-year-old Sorbian farm-worker, considers himself non-political. He owns a few ac

Saure Wochen - Frohe Feste

A theater competition breaks out on the occasion of the four-year anniversary celebrations at the He

Blanka

Engel im Fegefeuer

The Ruhr area in November of 1918. 13-year old Achim Wolters and his friends get their hands on some

Der Mann mit dem Ring im Ohr

For years, the carpenter Tillmann Rutenschneider has moved around. In 1932, at the age of thirty, he

Declaration of Love to G.T.

Dr. Gisa Tonius, a physicist in her thirties who has a nearly adult stepdaughter, cherishes the desi

Das tote Tal

Der Wüstenkönig von Brandenburg

Orphaned Julius flees bombed Berlin and meets freed communist Kaiser. Together they rescue a starvin

The Moorhound

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

The Prince Beyond the Seven Seas

The merchant's daughter Constanze, begs her father to ask a lion for a favor. Her father approaches

Semmelweis – Retter der Mütter

In the middle of the 19th century, almost one in three women who gave birth died of puerperal fever.

Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class

This film is the first of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politicia

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

Marriage in the Shadows

Set during the rise of the Nazi regime, Elisabeth Maurer and Hans Wieland enjoy successful careers a

Street Acquaintances

The film centres around the young woman Erika, desperately seeking for love and escape from the depr

The Dove on the Roof

Three people from very different walks of life meet at a large construction site. Young, unmarried,