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  • 1990
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    ...and the father stayed in the war. Encounter with Syrian orphans
    ...and the father stayed in the war. Encounter with Syrian orphans

    1 1990 HD

    Director Junge was commissioned by the GDR in the country for the first time in the summer of 1970; his film In Syria auf Montage accompanies German...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 1988
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    From Us To Me / Vom Wir zum Ich
    From Us To Me / Vom Wir zum Ich

    8.00 1988 HD

    This first co-production between the GDR and Great Britain is intended to contribute to an understanding of the situation and attitudes of millions...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Winfried Junge

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  • 1990
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    DDR: Der Aufstand vom 17. Juni 1953
    DDR: Der Aufstand vom 17. Juni 1953

    1 1990 HD

    "GDR The uprising of June 17, 1953" - : Since its founding, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) has repeatedly struggled with domestic political...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Klaus Manchen

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  • 1957
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    The Wind Rose
    The Wind Rose

    5.00 1957 HD

    An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Yves Montand

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  • 1971
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    In Syrien auf Montage
    In Syrien auf Montage

    1 1971 HD

    The film is a reportage showing the help of workers from the GDR in the industrial reconstruction of Syria. We witness the friendly relationship...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Erik Veldre

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  • 1966
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    The Laughing Man
    The Laughing Man

    6.80 1966 HD

    Posing as West German journalists, East German documentary filmmakers Heynowski and Scheumann pay a visit to the notorious Nazi-turned-mercenary...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Siegfried Müller

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  • 1946
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    Unity SPD – KPD
    Unity SPD – KPD

    5.00 1946 HD

    Documentary about the merging of the Communist Party of Germany and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in the Soviet occupation zone, a merger that...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 1989
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    After Winter Comes Spring
    After Winter Comes Spring

    7.60 1989 HD

    A locomotive journey traversing the North to the South of the German Democratic Republic on the eve of its dissolution. Labourers, punks, mothers,...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Helke Misselwitz

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  • 1954
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    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ludwig van Beethoven

    1 1954 HD

    Documentary on the master composer, from a GDR point of view.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Maximilian Larsen

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  • 1988
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    whisper & SHOUT
    whisper & SHOUT

    7.00 1988 HD

    Documents important parts of the East German rock music scene of the late 1980s, from well-established bands like Silly, to underground rock bands...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Ritchie Barton

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  • 1987
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    Der springende Punkt
    Der springende Punkt

    1 1987 HD

    Archive footage of bomb detonations during the Second World War combined with abstract graphic elements which show the destructive potential of...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Walter Niklaus

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  • 1985
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    Tango
    Tango

    1 1985 HD

    A brief history of the emergence and artistic innovations of tango in 19th-century Argentina and Europe. The film offers a mosaic of tango melodies,...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Helke Misselwitz

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  • 1967
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    Der Fall Bernd K.
    Der Fall Bernd K.

    1 1967 HD

    Documentary on Bernd Köhlert, a West German mercenary whose death in the Congo caused a sensation

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Hans-Peter Minetti

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  • 1992
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    Strictly Propaganda
    Strictly Propaganda

    6.20 1992 HD

    A realistic satire about the path of the German Democratic Republic from its foundation until its 40th birthday. This eye-opening film tells the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Manfred Krug

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  • 1979
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    Martha
    Martha

    1 1979 HD

    Martha Bieder is the last rubble-woman in Berlin Rummelsburg. Every day, rain or shine, she stands at the conveyor belt - as she has for decades -...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 1970
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    Auf der Oder
    Auf der Oder

    10.00 1970 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Dieter Mann

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  • 1984
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    Diese Golzower - Umstandsbestimmung eines Ortes
    Diese Golzower - Umstandsbestimmung eines Ortes

    7.00 1984 HD

    Around the festival week for the 675th anniversary of Golzow for GDR television a portrait of the village, its landscape and agriculture in the past...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 1962
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    Wenn ich erst zur Schule geh
    Wenn ich erst zur Schule geh

    6.30 1962 HD

    The children of Golzow, six or seven years old, in kindergarten. Their enrollment in school together, the first days of school. Playfully learning...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 1957
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    Vacation in Sylt
    Vacation in Sylt

    5.40 1957 HD

    Vacation in Sylt is a black and white compilation film about Heinz Reinefarth, a Nazi Party member, high SS police leader of Warthe, and later mayor...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Irmgard Düren

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  • 1989
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    Our Children
    Our Children

    10.00 1989 HD

    From an official perspective, marginal youth culture did not exist in East Germany. The topic of subcultures was taboo in the GDR, and groups such as...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Roland Steiner

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