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In 1986, Ross McElwee (Sherman's March) and Marilyn Levine were making a film about the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, when the imposing...

Documentary about a youth work brigade working on the construction of a tower block in Berlin-Marzahn

13 August 1961: the GDR closes the sector borders in Berlin. The city is divided overnight. Escape to the West becomes more dangerous every day. But...

Life in the GDR was not only documented on behalf of the state, but also by photographic artists and journalists. The documentary goes on a journey...

This film undertakes a journey into the amazing parallel universe of East Berlin’s fashion designers and experts in the art of survival. For,...

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...

When people think of DEFA, the film heritage of the GDR, they probably don't just think of film images, but also some of the timeless melodies that...

Docudrama about life, career and breakdown of Erich Mielke, the former Security chief of East Germany.

A documentary and film essay about the artist scene in East Berlin during the 1950s.