Movies

Documentary about the socialist politician and writer August Bebel

'Traumlos?' sheds light on future plans of three teenagers and young adults in a Brandenburg village. Realized shortly before the fall of the Wall,...

Zeitspiele is a playful satire about optimal time management in a company with countless side blows to the socialist planned economy.

The history of money goes back to when people decided to settle down. They look for a physical equivalent to exchange goods… Nörgel and...

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...

Die Konzessionen des Mister Urquhart (The Concessions of Mr. Urquhart) (1961) is an East German documentary directed by Andrew Thorndike, Annelie...

short feature film

Ingeborg Tölke recaps her filmic biography, explains its elaborate technical conditions and talks about future core themes. She was presumably...

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

Der Fall Harzmann und andere (The Harzmann Case and Others) (1957) is a 31-minute East German documentary directed by Andrew and Annelie Thorndike....

The bird moves to the south in autumn and sings his most beautiful song to the lion there. When he flies back to the north, the lion sets off on the...

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...

East German animation.

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

East German short film