Movies

Unternehmen Teutonenschwert (Operation Teutonic Sword) (1958) is an East German documentary directed by Andrew and Annelie Thorndike. The film...

One day the meadow king notices that the grass has grown so high that he can no longer see over it. He investigates and finds out that the sheep have...

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...

short feature film

Documentary about Berlin and it's architecture

A girl stands alone at the window after a night of love, which is the end of the relationship with a guy, and thinks about the past time with the...

Student film about hiding Jews during the Second World War.

In order to meet the commissioning deadline of the VEB Erdölverarbeitungswerk Schwedt on April 1, 1964, around 450 NVA pioneers support the work...

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

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

Holidays in colony (in Thuringia and on the Baltic) of the children of workers of a chemical industry in the DDR.

A bird saves a little tree from withering.

A well-made film reflecting Vietnamese women's lives in wartime. It focuses on fishing co­operatives, an artillery unit, teachers, children, and...

Alle Ideen beginnen als Traum (All Ideas Begin as a Dream) (1987) is an East German documentary directed by Annelie Thorndike. The film follows...

Hier deutsche Volkspolizei (1972) is an East German documentary directed by Andrew Thorndike and Peter Vatter. Commissioned by the Ministry of the...

Start (1972) is an East German documentary directed by Annelie and Andrew Thorndike. Produced by the DEFA Studio, the film explores themes of change,...