Das Ende des Politburos

Feuerland

Volker Koepp documents life in the Dorotheenstadt in Berlin-Mitte, which was called "Feuerland" in the 19th century.

Der Fall der Mauer

The Ministry for State Security - Everyday life at a public authority

Former heads, senior officers and the rector of the MfS law school explain how the ministry functioned. The interviewees...

Freundschaft! - Die freie deutsche Jugend

Generation '89 - Growing up in the year of change

The documentary tells the story of the reunification from the perspective of six teenagers from East Germany.

Kalter Krieg der Konzerte - Wie Bruce Springsteen den Osten rockte

Berlin, summer 1988: While Michael Jackson and Pink Floyd perform in the West, East Berliners can look forward to Bruce...

Goldrausch - Die Geschichte der Treuhand

In the early summer of 1990, the Treuhandanstalt was founded to privatize the "state-owned" companies of the GDR. In the...

Geheimsache Mauer - Die Geschichte einer deutschen Grenze

Germany in the summer of 1961 - the "Iron Curtain" divides the country. Only in Berlin is the border still permeable. We...

Das HB-Männchen in seinen besten Spots

Ware für Katalonien

At the end of the 1950s, the production of optics in the German Democratic Republic has reached top quality and instigat...

Seine Hoheit – Genosse Prinz

Kasper Mai, an export merchant and comrade with a “clean” record, discovers he is the prince of Hohenlohe-Liebenstein. H...

Pugowitza

World War II is over and Heinrich, a young German boy, influenced by the Russians, starts to act according to Communist...

The Benthin Family

The brothers Theo and Gustav Benthin pull profits through smuggling in divided Germany: Theo in the West and Gustav in t...

Just Don't Think I'll Cry

High-school senior Peter considers the adults around him to be hypocritical, self-congratulatory, and immersed in the pa...

Paths in the Night

Set against the backdrop of post-unification Germany, the film explores the breakdown of relations in a decaying social...

Schwester Agnes

Sister Agnes helps in all situations and does not only make friends. She has just fallen out with the new mayor. The con...

The Boy with the Big Black Dog

A little boy tries to keep a huge Newfoundland dog in his family's apartment.

Ein Jahr voll Musik

Photo reporters Rolf and Karin travel the country in search of the best motifs for a new travel calendar. When they happ...

Hart am Wind

The electrician Peter Drews is a brigadier at a Baltic Sea dockyard. His men are among the most reliable and diligent wo...

Außenseiter

Paul Schulte takes a spa stay on the Baltic Sea to have his heart condition treated. His wife Barbara accompanies him an...