Defa Studio Fur Wochenschau Und Dokumentarfilme Movies

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

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

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, a...

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

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

Found footage documentary about the rise of the nazi party and the second world war.

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

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

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 (...

A documentary about young people just starting their higher education and their professional life.

Short film about electric railroad lines

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

This black and white documentary film reports on a brigade of women, they are the "stars" of a Berlin light bulb factory. What is striking is the cord...

Documenting the rebuilding of Potsdam one year after the war under Soviet supervision.

Portrait of a private coal company in East Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district in 1988/89. The feisty woman boss runs the business with humour and under...

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

A few days after the GDR built the Berlin Wall, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer commented that this was "an infamous and brutal act against our...