Erich Franz

Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class

This film is the first of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-...

Ernst Thälmann – Leader of the Working Class

This film is the second of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti...

Five Days, Five Nights

Five Days, Five Nights (Fünf Tage, Fünf Nächte) takes place in Dresden in the immediate aftermath of the Second...

Sun Seekers

A socialist story of "atoms for peace" and compulsory labor in an East German uranium mine under Soviet control.

A Berlin Romance

Mid-1950s Berlin, before the building of the Wall. Uschi, a salesgirl and aspiring fashion model from the East,...

The Punch Bowl

It is the 65th birthday of Wilhelm Lehmann, foreman of a chemical company. All members of the large family are...

The Casino Affair

In a casino in a We'5t German health resort, one often sees Sybille - an attractive young student actress. With...

Zu jeder Stunde

The soldier Martin has been relocated to a small border village in Thuringia. During a storm, he comes to the r...

The Man with the Objective Lens

A humorous and satirical comedy, which places a man from the year 2222 one day in the (then) present day life i...

Recovery

The authorities expect the case of Friedel Walter, alias "Dr. Mueller," to be a straightforward one: he was wor...

Castles and Cottages

Lifelong hard work for the count makes the servant Anton a cripple. Everybody calls him Crooked Anton. When, af...

They Called Him Amigo

A refugee from a Nazi concentration camp is discovered by some boys in WWII Berlin. They provide him with food...

Wo der Zug nicht lange hält

In a small town, a brigade is working on the construction of a new cultural center. Gerhard loves Karin, the da...

Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder

An Old Love

Frieda and August Walkowiak celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary. However, the marriage has been in crisis...

Sheriff Teddy

A story about thirteen years old Kalle who is moving with the family from West Berlin to East.

Das Traumschiff

The two half-orphans Reni and Rolf are 13 and 10 years old and they live with their grandmother in Berlin. Thei...

Crime Scene: Berlin

Rudi Prange is released from prison for good behavior. He gets a job in a transport unit but gets involuntarily...

Meetings In The Dark

A pianist from Poland visits a town in West Germany and starts to remember details about her life during the wa...

52 Weeks Make A Year

Krestan Serbin, a 64-year-old Sorbian farm-worker, considers himself non-political. He owns a few acres, a few...

New Year’s Eve Punch

After their successful May party, now the Lehmann family want to throw a New Year's Eve part with punch. Wilhel...

They All Knew Each Other

A car factory in the GDR. During a test ride there is a major accident. One driver is dead, another is seriousl...

Papas neue Freundin

The young medical student Klaus Bach has married the love of his life, Irene, and lives with her and their eter...

Urlaub ohne dich

Hannes comes forward with a suggestion on how to make his brigade more efficient. Due to his success, he and al...

The Life of Jazz

A look at the history of jazz, which has its origins in the music of Africans enslaved to North America 300 yea...

Alarm at the Circus

Two boys from West Berlin, Klaus and Max, live in poverty. They dream of a career in boxing and save every penn...