When people think of DEFA, the film heritage of the GDR, they probably don't just think of film images, but also some of the timeless melodies that were created in Babelsberg.

In the 1960s, a white couple living in East Germany tells their dark-skinned child that her skin col...

In 1999, Konami Corp. introduced a Japanese-influenced coin-operated arcade stand-up to the U.S. Its...

The “Bowlingtreff” is a bowling alley situated right in the centre of Leipzig opened in July 1987. A...

On the 160-hectare grounds of the former Friedrichsfelde Palace Park, the Berlin Animal Park was est...
This color documentary tells the story of the "Mamais." In 1960, a group of workers at the Bitterfel...

At Hotel Astoria, the former hotspot of Leipzig, guests were served champagne and turtle soup while ...

Hard, harder, hardest! This film orders you from the start to turn up the volume and pay attention. ...

Life in the GDR was not only documented on behalf of the state, but also by photographic artists and...

A punk documentary about the life and death of the GDR punk Dieter "Otze" Ehrlich and his band Schle...
The army of the GDR, called NVA had not survived the reunification of Germany, it was completely abs...

Documents the work of youth work action on construction sites in East Berlin.

Interview with Jochen Girke, a retired East German Stasi agent, filmed March, 1990 to June, 1991. Qu...