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 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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

The architect Daniel Brenner is in his late thirties when he receives his first challenging and lucr...

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...

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

End of the 1970s in East Germany: Fred and Jonas are close friends. The 10-year-olds live near at th...

Jonas and Ines are in love and want to spend their vacation together camping on the Baltic coast. Bu...

Described by Deadline Hollywood as the "tragic true story" of Chris Gueffroy, it follows one of the ...

A lighthearted look at the opening of the border crossing of Bornholmer Straße in Berlin from the po...

In South Yorkshire, a small group of railway maintenance men discover that because of privatization,...

Philipp, a closeted teacher, is dating a female colleague to keep up appearances. One night he stumb...

Felix from West-Berlin falls in love with Thomas in East-Berlin. At first they keep their relationsh...

Rock and roll's part in bringing down the Berlin Wall and smashing the Iron Curtain is told from the...