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The documentary deals with the subject of "big city noise" in a humorous and satirical, but also serious way, using the example of East Berlin,...

Documentary about weaving and braiding

Portrait of the two main actors of the children's film "White Cloud Carolin", Andreas Roll and Constanze Berndt. They are observed and interviewed...

Biographical notes on the American singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson (1898-1976). At the height of his fame and skill,...

The last day of work for a 72-year-old fisherwoman and fish seller from Warnemünde. Amid congratulatory gestures and toastes, she tells her life...

How are problems solved in a socialist country? The film centres on an old gasworks in the middle of a workers' district in Berlin, capital of the...

Documentary reports on everyday life in a big city, focusing on the window cleaners of Berlin. The narrator loosens up the shots of the window...

Humorous statistic that shows how much the GDR amounted to during the first 15 years.

Potter's Bull is the first part of the "Over-Paintings" Trilogy (Uebermalungen) by painter and director STRAWALDE (Juergen Boettcher). Paulus...

After the workers’ revolt on June 17th, 1953 this film disappeared in the archives until 1997.

This black and white documentary film reports from the Berlin Zoo, located in the Friedrichsfelde district of the Lichtenberg district, was opened in...

Documentary short about the Leipzig Tradefair in 1946.

Documenting the rebuilding of Potsdam one year after the war under Soviet supervision.

Documentary short about the rebuilding of Berlin in 1946 from a Soviet perspective, showcasing the social changes that have taken place since the...

Volker Koepp's video essay honoring the German poet Johannes Bobrowski (1917–1965).

In late 1990 times are changing in Zehdenick, Brandenburg: Russian troops are leaving, the German Reunification brings euphoria and new hope, but...

Ernst Cantzler’s documentary about the soccer fan club “Union”, the scenes in the stadium, in their club bar “Green...

Angela Davis visiting the German Democratic Republic. A film about the people she met and her impressions.

A documentary dedicated to the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students held in East Berlin in the summer of 1973.

Actions in West Germany against the occupation statute and the general war treaties.