Documentary (in colour) about the first youth meeting (Deutschlandtreffen der Jugend) in East Berlin in 1950.

13 August 1961: the GDR closes the sector borders in Berlin. The city is divided overnight. Escape t...

The viewpoints of women from a country that no longer exists preserved on low-band U-matic tape. GDR...

In the 1960s, a white couple living in East Germany tells their dark-skinned child that her skin col...
This color documentary tells the story of the "Mamais." In 1960, a group of workers at the Bitterfel...

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

In 1999, Konami Corp. introduced a Japanese-influenced coin-operated arcade stand-up to the U.S. Its...
The documentary tells the story of the reunification from the perspective of six teenagers from East...

On the 160-hectare grounds of the former Friedrichsfelde Palace Park, the Berlin Animal Park was est...

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

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

When people think of DEFA, the film heritage of the GDR, they probably don't just think of film imag...

Docudrama about life, career and breakdown of Erich Mielke, the former Security chief of East German...

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