German Democratic Republic Movies

2009
Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel
Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel
72009HD
2008
Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution
Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution
62008HD
The free, almost naive view from the perspective of a child puts the "68ers" in a new, illuminating light in the anniversary year 2008. The film is a...
2007
Der volkseigene Bürgermeister
Der volkseigene Bürgermeister
02007HD
2013
Jedes Jahr im Juni
Jedes Jahr im Juni
3.42013HD
Each year in June, Bavarian housewife Elke Richter visits family in Halle, in the GDR. There she meets family friend Gregor Pohl, a married...
1983
Island of Swans
Island of Swans
7.0711983HD
Fourteen-year-old Stefan Kolbe, along with his mother and sister, moves from an idyllic small town to the developing area of Berlin-Marzahn, where...
2012
Der Sturz - Honeckers Ende
Der Sturz - Honeckers Ende
02012HD
Erich Honecker ruled the GDR for 18 years. His fall in 1989 heralded the downfall of the state that had called itself "the better Germany" for 40...
1965
Just Don't Think I'll Cry
Just Don't Think I'll Cry
7.3891965HD
High-school senior Peter considers the adults around him to be hypocritical, self-congratulatory, and immersed in the past. He gets suspended for...
1958
My Wife Wants to Sing
My Wife Wants to Sing
01958HD
Having been happily married for ten years, Gerda Wagner, devoted mother and housewife, suddenly gets it into her head that she would like a career as...
2001
Never Mind the Wall
Never Mind the Wall
5.0332001HD
Germany 1982: The country is divided into two parts. Nele, coming from West-Germany, travels to East-Germany where she meets Captain, singer of a...
2020
Reunification in the Ice: The Story of the Last GDR Antarctic Explorers
Reunification in the Ice: The Story of the Last GDR Antarctic Explorers
82020HD
In 1989, thirteen GDR scientists and technicians set off from East Berlin to the Georg Forster research station in the Antarctic. During their...
2016
From Us to Me
From Us to Me
82016HD
In October 1987, the documentary film collective Amber Films from Newcastle became the first British film crew ever allowed to shoot in East Germany....
2003
Die Datsche
Die Datsche
4.752003HD
2008
Ich will da sein - Jenny Gröllmann
Ich will da sein - Jenny Gröllmann
02008HD
The film accompanies Jenny Gröllmann, a German actress, during the last two years of her life.
2002
The Ministry for State Security - Everyday life at a public authority
The Ministry for State Security - Everyday life at a public authority
7.52002HD
Former heads, senior officers and the rector of the MfS law school explain how the ministry functioned. The interviewees see themselves as legitimate...
1990
DDR: Der Aufstand vom 17. Juni 1953
DDR: Der Aufstand vom 17. Juni 1953
01990HD
"GDR The uprising of June 17, 1953" - : Since its founding, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) has repeatedly struggled with domestic political...
1989
Die DDR im Umbruch
Die DDR im Umbruch
01989HD
Documentary about the late-era German Democratic Republic
2014
Codename Pirate
Codename Pirate
02014HD
Was my father really a spy, as his file in the former East German Secret Service (STASI) suggests? This question marks the starting point of a...
2000
A kis utazás
A kis utazás
72000HD
2019
Honeckers letzte Reise
Honeckers letzte Reise
02019HD
25 years after Erich Honecker's death, his personal secretary in Chile gives MDR an exclusive insight into the family's private archive. The material...
2009
Der letzte Sommer der DDR
Der letzte Sommer der DDR
02009HD