Movies

A haunting love story using rotoscope and several fascinating optical techniques.

The film tells the story of Hans and Peter, who protested in the Johannesburg ghetto in 1976. There, they witnessed the murder of 300 black pupils...

All sorts of shenanigans happen at the East German army's recreation home.

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

Around 1,500 people from more than forty countries met in Dresden for the 1984 congress of UNIMA, the Union Internationale de la Marionnette. Founded...

At the age of 18, Johann Sebastian Bach was ordered to Arnstadt to test the functionality and quality of a new organ. At the same time, as a musician...

Instructional short about the cleaning procedures on German trains.

A fairytale by the Brothers Grimm.

Four generations of one familiy live in the heart of the Spreewald, close to the coalmines and power stations. From their elders, the children have...

Susi works in a large depot for waste paper, which is bundled and loaded onto trucks for recycling.

The life stories of four people struggling with alcohol addiction allow for conversations about the apparent "normalcy" of alcohol and the subsequent...

Reconstruction of a smuggling operation exploiting the transit agreement by the human trafficking gang Mierendorff: This Stasi training film reenacts...

Overview of raw and finished products of the chemical industries in the GDR.

This is the second installment in the Disco Film series to feature the Puhdys, a popular East German rock band. Their songs "Sturmvogel" ("Petrel")...

Documentary short

Short film about the production of artificial leather

The film honors the achievements of the NVA in preparing and securing the World Festival. It documents the opening, the demonstrations of the GDR...

East German short film directed by Andrea Ritterbusch

Short documentary