Movies

Heroes from the GDR's past are presented. Heroes will also be needed in the future.

East German short film

East German short film

A bird saves a little tree from withering.

This portrait of East German sculptor and graphic artist Fritz Cremer (1906-1993) shows the artist at work in his studio and some of his art works,...

Heynowski and Scheumann infiltrate the ultra-right-wing Chilean organization Patria y Libertad

Kollwitzplatz, Prenzlauer Berg: Children are playing and climbing all over the monument to Käthe Kollwitz, frowning adults are watching them....

A guide to vegetable self-sufficiency in postwar Germany.

Nörgel is on his way home from the Leipzig market. He is exhausted from the trade business using animals as an exchange. There should be an...

Shortly before the end of WWII, two young soldiers were murdered directly behind Goethe's garden house in Weimar. The place where our greatest German...

The camera is ready for the perfect shot! The bus driver pays special attention when he notices the camera. But the cameraman is actually waiting for...

Die Sieben vom Rhein (The Seven from the Rhine) (1954) is an East German documentary directed by Andrew and Annelie Thorndike. The 76-minute film...

On the table, the pencil is resting from his work. A hungry mouse discovers him on her foray. She threatens the pencil to gnaw him if he does not get...

The East German Volksmarine Academy "Karl Liebknecht" introduces itself.

A man visits a variety of locations in an attempt to find a place free of noise and distraction, only to discover he may be looking for something...