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Hotel Astoria

At Hotel Astoria, the former hotspot of Leipzig, guests were served champagne and turtle soup while the Stasi listened in. Animated memories from time

2020

Lost Places - Schicksalsorte der deutschen Teilung

2019

Kommen Rührgeräte in den Himmel?

2016

Am Todesstreifen: DDR-Grenzer erzählen

2020

So klang die DEFA - Filmmusik aus Babelsberg

2018

Wenn Mutti früh zur Arbeit geht

2017

In Syrien auf Montage

The film is a reportage showing the help of workers from the GDR in the industrial reconstruction of Syria. We witness the friendly relationship betwe

1971

Auf der Oder

1970

From Us To Me / Vom Wir zum Ich

This first co-production between the GDR and Great Britain is intended to contribute to an understanding of the situation and attitudes of millions of

1988

Dusk: 1950s East Berlin Bohemia

A documentary and film essay about the artist scene in East Berlin during the 1950s.

1993

Comrade Couture

This film undertakes a journey into the amazing parallel universe of East Berlin’s fashion designers and experts in the art of survival. For, in the m

2009

Die Mamais

1974

Ocana, der Engel der in der Qual singt

Legendary drag performer Ocaña in performance with a cardboard Marilyn on the west side of the Berlin Wall.

1979

Die Mühlendammschleuse

Children's film with animation and live action elements about how the lock in the Spree River works.

1988

Tunnel to Freedom

13 August 1961: the GDR closes the sector borders in Berlin. The city is divided overnight. Escape to the West becomes more dangerous every day. But o

2021

Der Sturz - Honeckers Ende

2012

Generation '89 - Growing up in the year of change

The documentary tells the story of the reunification from the perspective of six teenagers from East Germany.

2015

Die sieben Geheimnisse der NVA

2018

Becoming Black

In the 1960s, a white couple living in East Germany tells their dark-skinned child that her skin color is merely a coincidence. As a teenager, she acc

2019

Paradise of the animals

On the 160-hectare grounds of the former Friedrichsfelde Palace Park, the Berlin Animal Park was established in the 1950s with the active support of t

1979