Movies

Presentation of the economic upswing in the GDR, emphasizing the discovery of the process for the production of high-temperature lignite coke and the...

Short film intended for the mobilization of NVA units to secure the state border in Berlin on 13 August 1961.

A film about problems in providing the population with housing that meets their needs. Affected citizens and representatives of the responsible state...

A haunting love story using rotoscope and several fascinating optical techniques.

In 1952, the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) decides to establish a "Museum of German History" (MfDG) in the Zeughaus...

Short film about the naval training in the GDR.

24 hours at the Berlin traffic accident standby service. The frequency of accidents on the streets of the capital of the German Democratic Republic...

Short film about the importance of sport in the GDR

The GDR is disarming and NVA tanks and aircraft are being scrapped. Members of the army have their say.

The architectural plans for Berlin from 1938 are used as an example to illustrate the fascist claim to power and its aesthetic effect. The basis for...

A portrait of Helga Hörz, professor of ethics and philosophy at the Humboldt University in Berlin.

1971 documentary about the concentration camp Sachsenhausen commissioned for the National Memorial and Monument Sachsenhausen (GDR).

This documentary about the Buchenwald concentration camp features interviews with survivors who describe their memories and experiences. The...

The founding phase of the Bauhaus in Weimar and its move to Dessau until its closure in 1932. The designs, models and reconstructed parts of the...

Documentary about the socialist politician and writer August Bebel

'Traumlos?' sheds light on future plans of three teenagers and young adults in a Brandenburg village. Realized shortly before the fall of the Wall,...

On the necessity of safety measures on the workplace.

Three international students write letters home about their time in East Germany. Antonio Dega, a Cuban studying shipbuilding, writes home about the...

The film tells the story of Hans and Peter, who protested in the Johannesburg ghetto in 1976. There, they witnessed the murder of 300 black pupils...