German Democratic Republic Movies
- 2008
Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution
Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution62008HD
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...
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- 2008
Ich will da sein - Jenny Gröllmann
Ich will da sein - Jenny Gröllmann02008HD
The film accompanies Jenny Gröllmann, a German actress, during the last two years of her life.
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- 1990
DDR: Der Aufstand vom 17. Juni 1953
DDR: Der Aufstand vom 17. Juni 195301990HD
"GDR The uprising of June 17, 1953" - : Since its founding, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) has repeatedly struggled with domestic political...
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- 1988
The Boss from the West
The Boss from the West3.71988HD
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- 2007
Alle Alle
Alle Alle4.82007HD
Ina, just released from prison, returns to the place of her childhood in search of life and meets the occasional desperado Domühl in her...
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- 2008
Heimatkunde
Heimatkunde6.62008HD
Former "Titanic" satire magazine editor Martin Sonneborn takes an undercover trip around Berlin and discovers the East-German mentality and what is...
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- 2009
Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel
Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel72009HD
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- 2003
Die Datsche
Die Datsche4.82003HD
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- 2020
Reunification in the Ice: The Story of the Last GDR Antarctic Explorers
Reunification in the Ice: The Story of the Last GDR Antarctic Explorers82020HD
In 1989, thirteen GDR scientists and technicians set off from East Berlin to the Georg Forster research station in the Antarctic. During their...
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- 2012
Der Sturz - Honeckers Ende
Der Sturz - Honeckers Ende02012HD
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...
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- 1983
Island of Swans
Island of Swans7.11983HD
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...
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- 2007
Die Todesautomatik
Die Todesautomatik22007HD
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- 2010
East-West Passage
East-West Passage62010HD
In the summer of 1989 tens of thousands of tourists from communist East Germany came to Hungary. They were deeply disillusioned because they felt...
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- 2016
From Us to Me
From Us to Me82016HD
In October 1987, the documentary film collective Amber Films from Newcastle became the first British film crew ever allowed to shoot in East Germany....
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- 2019
Honeckers letzte Reise
Honeckers letzte Reise02019HD
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...
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- 1989
Die DDR im Umbruch
Die DDR im Umbruch01989HD
Documentary about the late-era German Democratic Republic
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- 1980
Die Entstehung der beiden deutschen Staaten
Die Entstehung der beiden deutschen Staaten01980HD
Short film about the GDR (DDR) and the FRG (BRD)
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- 2014
Codename Pirate
Codename Pirate02014HD
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...
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- 2009
Der letzte Sommer der DDR
Der letzte Sommer der DDR02009HD
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- 2007
Der volkseigene Bürgermeister
Der volkseigene Bürgermeister02007HD
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