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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 1989
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    Die andere Liebe
    Die andere Liebe

    1 1989 HD

    The only documentary ever made by DEFA on the topic of homosexuality was this public education film commissioned by the Hygiene Museum Dresden and...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Jan Spitzer

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  • 1989
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    Leipzig in Autumn
    Leipzig in Autumn

    6.80 1989 HD

    Voigt, Kroske and Richter were among the first filmmakers who documented the events of the historic 9th of October 1989. Their “material”...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 1973
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    The Winter's Tale
    The Winter's Tale

    1 1973 HD

    Leontes, king of Sicily, tries to convince his friend Polyxenes, king of Bohemia, to stay longer as his guest. But only Hermione, Leontes' wife, can...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Elsa Grube-Deister

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  • 1965
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    O.K.
    O.K.

    5.13 1965 HD

    In a reception camp for ethnic Germans in Eisenach, the director gets to know the girl Doris S. who went to West Germany and came back. This film...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Gerhard Scheumann

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  • 1991
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    Last Year Titanic
    Last Year Titanic

    5.00 1991 HD

    Director Andreas Voigt interviewed people of different ages and social backgrounds about their experiences after the fall of the Berlin Wall. He...

    Genre: Documentary

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  • 1963
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    Das russische Wunder
    Das russische Wunder

    8.00 1963 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Wolfgang Heinz

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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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  • 1970
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    Auf der Oder
    Auf der Oder

    10.00 1970 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Dieter Mann

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  • 1986
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    An der Unstrut
    An der Unstrut

    1 1986 HD

    A documentary portrait of the city of Memleben in Saxony-Anhalt, counterpointing ancient medieval history and contemporary industrial reality.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1965
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    The Black Star
    The Black Star

    1 1965 HD

    A cinema-verité documentary of Ghana’s five years of independence under President Kwame Nkruma. Striking color images of Africans in...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Helmut Müller-Lankow

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  • 1954
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    Song of the Rivers
    Song of the Rivers

    5.00 1954 HD

    An allegorical documentary about the workers of the world, whose common destinies and hopes for peace are symbolically united by the rivers that run...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Maximilian Scheer

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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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  • 1989
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    Elektrisch betriebene Strecken der Eisenbahn
    Elektrisch betriebene Strecken der Eisenbahn

    1 1989 HD

    Short film about electric railroad lines

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Georg Thies

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