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...

When people think of DEFA, the film heritage of the GDR, they probably don't just think of film imag...
Erich Honecker ruled the GDR for 18 years. His fall in 1989 heralded the downfall of the state that ...
This color documentary tells the story of the "Mamais." In 1960, a group of workers at the Bitterfel...

In the early 80's die sozialistische kleiderordnung ( The Socialist Dress Code) in East Berlin is at...

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

Documentary about the life in the then newly completed city Halle Neustadt in the former DDR in East...
In 1986, Ross McElwee (Sherman's March) and Marilyn Levine were making a film about the 25th anniver...

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

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

Life in the GDR was not only documented on behalf of the state, but also by photographic artists and...
This film undertakes a journey into the amazing parallel universe of East Berlin’s fashion designers...

The film is a reportage showing the help of workers from the GDR in the industrial reconstruction of...

Documentary reports on the annual icing of the Oder in the 160-kilometer border area between the GDR...