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The story of the Grünthal peasants' uprising against the commander who oppresses and exploits them.

People discuss their ideas about the future. In the 3rd episode of the film series, the problems of money in the past and our future ideas about it...

The interviews conducted by Tamara Trampe in a Pankow kindergarten testify to a rare attempt to enter the world of the young interviewees completely,...

A report on the oldest citizen of the GDR at the time, Emma Wagner from Gotha.

Von Hamburg bis Stralsund (From Hamburg to Stralsund) (1950) is an East German documentary directed by Andrew Thorndike. Running at approximately 35...

A documentary about the planning and construction of the Palace of the Republic, Berlin.

Kurt Wans(z)ki has spent his life in psychatric clinics. He is diagnosed as: retarded to the level of early childhood, incapable of learning. Free...

The documentary reports on the goings-on at the only GDR racecourse in Berlin-Karlshorst. Pensioner Herta Rogau, who has been in charge of a betting...

Tito in Deutschland (Tito in Germany) (1965) is an East German short documentary directed by Manfred Krause and Andrew Thorndike. The film explores...

Die Sieben vom Rhein (The Seven from the Rhine) (1954) is an East German documentary directed by Andrew and Annelie Thorndike. The 76-minute film...

Short-documentary by Ursula Demitter

This documentary details the life of Klaus Fuchs who was a spy for the Soviet Union while working on nuclear research in the United States and Great...

Images of the romantic city and tourist leaflets are burning – the vision of possible destruction.

Documentary about the sisters Lene and Berta who live in a village in Thuringia.

The film follows Circus Hein for a few days. Sandra, Benjamin, Enrico and Jessica are in the circus ring with their parents as clowns and acrobats.

Documentary short about the East German Oktoberklub.

Three kids from a small village in Mecklenburg decide to sneak away to East-Berlin in order to gift Angela Davis a lucky pig.

The documentary tells the story of Anke, Birgit and Katrin, who are training to become cattle breeders and graduate from high school. During this...