August 13, 1961: The passengers on the interzonal train from Munich to East Berlin learn 3½ hours before crossing the border that the Wall is being built in Berlin. They have 3½ hours to make a life-changing decision: to get off the train or keep going.

A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of...

15-year-old Elfie literally and metaphorically inhabits a no-man’s-land between the two Germanies sh...

Flanders, a famous female author, travels in 1989 after the fall of the Berlin wall into the German ...

A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from ev...

A young man from an early age falls in love with a girl whose family is not in good standing with th...

In 1989, Jenny Ecker, an 18-year-old daughter of an entrepreneur, flees from Hildesheim to the east ...

Ingo Hasselbach, whose parents were Communist Party members in East Germany during his childhood, ha...

Based on a true story, Miguel Alexandre's two-part drama focuses on an East German woman and the fig...

In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and h...

A detective sues the railroad company for the wrongful death of his partner.

Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and h...

Jette and Johannes have been living together for two years when Johannes suggests that they "legaliz...

On August 13th, 1961 - the night that the Berlin Wall goes up - three people must make a decision th...

18-year-old school boy Helmut falls in love with fellow pupil Britta. He starts working for a Peace ...

Sunny is the singer of band trying to establish itself in the music-scene of East-Berlin. They play ...
August, 1961: in an East Berlin jazz club, dissident Andreas, released from jail, awaits reunion wit...

Just before the Berlin Wall is built, a young East German worker tries his personal and professional...

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