Movies

During the Napoleonic Wars, German writer Ferdinand von Rauch, who had enthusiastically joined the French revolutionary troops years earlier, is sent...

Three military drivers are introduced. They bear a special responsibility in their collective and often fulfill a dual function.

A tale about the evil queen who gets swapped with a simple and nice woman.

It’s only after the separation from her husband that another man tells her how valuable she is: the Chladek family, she’s a teacher,...

1971 documentary about the concentration camp Sachsenhausen commissioned for the National Memorial and Monument Sachsenhausen (GDR).

Teacher Ellen is fed up with her lame partner and colleague Horst. He teaches with such complacency! Ellen is different, she wants to inspire her...

East German short film directed by Andrea Ritterbusch

The filmmaker tells the story of her own grandmother, who died in a home, full of longing for her granddaughter. Being forgotten by sons and...

Karlemann is very often found in his own 'Robinson world', a secluded place on earth. There he travels the river in his special all-weather boat, and...

In long takes with few cuts, women talk about their lives. All the conversations are shot in interior rooms, attesting to trust and great candour....

In two chapters the film shows men in divided Germany willing to leave their country. In the first chapter, East-Germans are shown who leave their...

A young couple from the present day is transported by magic to a distant fairy-tale world. There they encounter clever objects such as the table that...

Eleven-year-old Jella lives with her mother in a rural idyll in which both feel at home and comfortable. Then, however, they move to the city where...

Seventeen-year-old Martina has a paralyzing fear of heights, which prevents her from fulfilling her father’s wish that they perform a tightrope...

The marriage of Katrin and Richard Lot has become a routine. She has a career and he, as a Marine officer, comes home only once every fourteen days....

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

Two school classes compete against each other. The prize for the winner is a trip to the Baltic Sea. Lars, Peter and the group leader Manni are...

A tailor sends his sons away. They each learn a trade and receive a special gift from their teacher.

The puppet boy Turli, who was only recently been carved from wood by the toymaker Kasimir, suddenly springs to life. Turli has nothing but nonsense...