Codename Pirate

A documentary that explores questions of secrecy and power in relation to the East German Secret Police (the 'Stasi') within East German society. The...

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...

The film accompanies Jenny Gröllmann, a German actress, during the last two years of her life.

Lissette's favorite aunt Adriana, who lives in Australia, is arrested in 2007 while visiting her family in Chile and accused of having worked for...

A documentary on the late American entertainer Dean Reed, who became a huge star in East Germany after settling there in 1973.

In 2016, DEFA celebrates its 70th anniversary: the film embarks on a journey into the exciting film history of the GDR. In a comprehensive...

The life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who survived the Nazi reign as a trans woman and helped start the German gay liberation movement....

In the documentary Last To Know political prisoners, sent to jail for openly opposing the East German regime that existed until the German...

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, thousands of documents were hastily shredded by the dreaded GDR political police. 16,000 bags filled with six...

The rise and fall of Nazi Germany's terrifying secret police force from 1933 through 1945.