Das Zaubermännchen (1960) Duration: 1H13M Description: Once upon a time, there lived a lazy miller who spent all his time drinking wine and telling stories. When the king’s treasurer comes to him with a demand to pay the tax, the miller lies that his daughter Marie can spin gold from ….. Trailer ↗ East Germany […]
Ich war neunzehn (1968) Duration: 1H55M Description: Gregor Hecker, who fled Germany with his parents, returns to Germany as a lieutenant in the Red Army… Trailer ↗ East Germany 1968 Biography Drama War
Till Eulenspiegel (1975) Duration: 1H40M Description: In medieval Germany, poor and witty Till Eulenspiegel fools and cheats citizens, churchmen, and landlords. Although in most cases he uses his wit for personal well-being, he often helps the poor and weak. Eventually, he gains an i….. Trailer ↗ East Germany 1975 Comedy
Das Beil von Wandsbek (1950) Duration: 1H50M Description: After a crime is committed during the Nazi era in the Reeperbahn area of Hamburg, the aspiring local leader, a ship owner, needs to find an executioner to kill the perpetrators and turns to a butcher… Trailer ↗ East Germany 1950 Drama
Mir nach, Canaillen (1964) Duration: 1H43M Description: Preußen, 1730. Leutnant von Übbenau (Fred Düren) macht sich auf ins Hannöversche, um Rekruten zu pressen. Sein König, kriegerisch veranlagt, braucht mächtig viele Kerls, “die er in die Pfanne hauen kann”. Doch woher nehmen, ohne z….. Trailer ↗ East Germany 1964 Adventure Comedy
Osvobozhdenie: Ognennaya duga (1970) Duration: 1H33M Description: The “Fiery Arc” tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the largest tank battle in the history of World War II. Along with the personal fate of the heroes, the film shows battle scenes, the a….. Trailer ↗ Soviet […]
Johann Strauss – Der König ohne Krone (1987) Duration: 2H4M Description: Drama based of the life of Johann Strauss… Trailer ↗ Austria East Germany 1987 Biography Drama Music
Die Söhne der großen Bärin (1966) Duration: 1H32M Description: Although the Indians were assured their lands adjacent to the Black Hills by contract, the Whites want to expel them. Meanwhile, gold has been discovered there and the unscrupulous settler, Red Fox, demands of Mattotaupa, chief of….. Trailer ↗ East Germany Yugoslavia 1966 Western
Ernst Thälmann – Sohn seiner Klasse (1954) Duration: 2H4M Description: This historical-biographical film begins in the first days of November 1918 on the western front. News comes to the soldiers of a revolutionary uprising in Kiel. Young Thälmann, a soldier against his will, would like to join the e….. Trailer ↗ East Germany 1954 Biography […]
Spur der Steine (1966) Duration: 2H19M Description: A film about living and working conditions in the GDR of the 1960s, including a little love story, of course… Trailer ↗ East Germany 1966 Comedy Drama Romance
Dornröschen (1971) Duration: 1H11M Description: The King and Queen plan an opulent feast to celebrate the birth of their long-awaited daughter, Dornröschen. They invite not only the members of the court, but also the fairies, so that they may bestow wealth and virtue on the Pri….. Trailer ↗ East Germany 1971 Family Fantasy
Der Prinz hinter den sieben Meeren (1982) Duration: 1H27M Description: Before her death, the queen mother asked the fairy that her youngest son should be loved by a girl for whom he would be the only happiness. The fairy was wise and therefore – turned the young man into a wild beast… Trailer ↗ East […]
Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt (1965) Duration: 2H44M Description: Two 17-year-olds, Werner Holt and Gilbert Wolzow, are pulled out of school and into Hitler’s army. Gilbert becomes a fanatical soldier, but at the front Werner begins to understand the senselessness of war. When Gilbert is hanged ….. Trailer ↗ East Germany 1965 Drama Romance War
Jahrgang 45 (1990) Duration: 1H40M Description: DDR film from the mid-60s: Li and Al, not long married, want to divorce. They feel trapped in their marriage and in their one-room apartment. They long for an unconventional, meaningful life, but the search for meaning confounds t….. Trailer ↗ East Germany 1990 Drama Romance
Rotkäppchen (1962) Duration: 1H12M Description: Once upon a time there was a little girl named Rotkaeppchen. She lived with her father and mother at the edge of a village, and often visited her grandmother on the other side of the woods. Her rabbit friend, Haeschen, lives with ….. Trailer ↗ East Germany 1962 Family Fantasy
Spur des Falken (1968) Duration: 2H1M Description: In the latter half of the 19th century, gold is discovered in the Black Hills, an area which has already been allocated to the Dakota Indians as a winter reservation in a treaty. Nevertheless, gold diggers, profiteers and adventur….. Trailer ↗ East Germany Soviet Union 1968 Drama Western
Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot (1979) Duration: 1H10M Description: Screen version of the fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm about two sisters – Schneeweißchen and Rosenrot, who with their love saved Princes Michael and Andreas from the evil spells of the Mountain Spirit.. Trailer ↗ East Germany 1979 Family Fantasy
Dach überm Kopf (1980) Duration: 1H49M Description: Mitte dreißig etwa ist die Köchin Karoline Gluth (Renate Geißler), Mutter eines fast erwachsenen Sohnes und Mitinhaberin einer Kneipe auf Rügen, als es sie in die Welt zieht. Sie lässt sich ihre Erbschaft auszahlen und kauft ein k….. Trailer ↗ East Germany 1980 Romance
Der Hauptmann von Köln (1956) Duration: 1H58M Description: Albert Hauptmann is an out of work waiter in Cologne who is often confused with a former Captain of the Nazi Army. Albert uses this to his advantage and becomes the Director of the Montan Corporation, and a member of the West Germ….. Trailer ↗ East Germany […]
Das blaue Licht (1976) Duration: 1H22M Description: Farmer Has is drawn into war as a soldier. Returning from the front, having been defrauded of his pay by his own king, he makes his way home. On his trip, he encounters a witch who asks him to fetch the light from a spring. He kee….. Trailer […]