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In short sequences of images pointedly set to music by Louis Armstrong, the film follows the pleasurable triumph of young life over the obstacles of...

A life story from a bygone era. In a retirement home, the 90-year-old Hermann Reußner tells his story. He was born in 1891 in Dessau, back when...

A shunter's job is to slow down, link, and unlink train wagons at a central station. The film documents - without any commentary - the working hours...

Director Bernd Sahling documents almost four years in the life of a young man who experienced two political systems, East and West Germany, and...

Documentary short about the rebuilding of Berlin in 1946 from a Soviet perspective, showcasing the social changes that have taken place since the...

How the class community is formed. The children's environment and the experiences and discoveries that the school gives them. They are reflected in...

A cinematic visit to the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. The camera usually observes the visitors and paints their views on scenes of the ensemble of...

The age group in a group portrait of the fifth grade. They make suggestions for filming at school, in their free time and at home. Growing challenges...

Documentary about the German poet Erich Weinert.

Short documentary about mining in east germany.

The futuristically trendy moderator Chris Wallasch leads the viewer through this program exploring what love might look like in 2002. Passengers at...

A married couple looks for answers to their sexual problems. Leading GDR sexologist Dr. Siegfried Schnabl gives advice.

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

This black and white documentary film reports on a brigade of women, they are the "stars" of a Berlin light bulb factory. What is striking is the...

A film about five street children; children who have had to grow up too soon. The footage was shot at Christmas 1992, in Berlin. Claudia, 13, wants...

The film portrays the photographer Walter Ballhause, who walks the streets of his home town of Hanover in the 1930s with his Leica and photographs...

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

Documentary short about Hungarian poet Miklós Radnóti (1909-1944).

SS officer Walter Krüger talks about his career. Now he is Secretary of the „Kameradschaftsverband I. Panzerkorps der ehemaligen Waffen-SS...