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Through very personal statements by the protagonists, the film provides an insight into the individual form of (romantic) relationships of young...

Mein ganzes Leben lang (My Whole Life Long) (1971) is an East German documentary directed by Annelie and Andrew Thorndike. The film chronicles the...

A 74-year-old man stands before the Dresden District Court. After more than forty years, the former highly decorated SS man has been brought to the...

The three friends Stepan, Kolja and Anton go camping together on the beach and are looking forward to living "like the wild ones" for a while and...

In May 1986, Karel Gott made a guest appearance at the Palast der Republik in Berlin. With the Ladislav Staidl orchestra and guests such as Darinka,...

al-Zubaidi uses GDR material to tell a rather linear story of Palestine, deploying the archive for illustration and evidence.

Alwin Schmieder, his brother August and friend Otto were the only ones in the village to refuse to join the LPG. They continue to toil on their own,...

Eleven-year-old Jella lives with her mother in a rural idyll in which both feel at home and comfortable. Then, however, they move to the city where...

Max Stricker, an old anti-fascist, informs a class of eighth graders before their planned visit to the former concentration camp in Buchenwald. But...

A production for the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

Sportivnyy prazdnik molodyozhi (Youth Sports Festival) (1951) is an East German sports documentary co-directed by Andrew Thorndike and Dmitri...

Otto, the master of the house, behaves in an exemplary manner. He washes, cooks, does housework, gives presents to his wife, in short, he does...

East German animated film.

Family surprise. East German animated film.

The film reports on the return of Soviet units from Czechoslovakia (CSSR) to their stationing areas in the GDR. It depicts the reception by the...

The only AIDS prevention film made in East Germany forefronts discussions with young people and some erotic scenes, while downplaying homosexuality.

This color documentary reports on young Chilean pioneers in the capital of the GDR. We experience the development of their pioneer newspaper from the...

Two young singers rehearse Eisler's "Ernste Gesänge", his last work, in which the prompt for the film's title can also be found. What is...