Movies

Documentary about weaving and braiding

This portrait of East German sculptor and graphic artist Fritz Cremer (1906-1993) shows the artist at work in his studio and some of his art works,...

Documentary short about Hungarian poet Miklós Radnóti (1909-1944).

The girl Nephrite Blossom draws water from an enchanted spring for Otaro, who is exhausted to death. As a result, she falls under the control of the...

Documentary film

A little man wants to order a warm coat from a fabric he has brought with him to a tailor's workshop in winter. He is laughed at and told that orders...

The East German Navy's newest submarine hunter is presented. Also, a historical excursus about older anti-submarine ships and the hunt for enemy...

East German short documentary

In a children's room, dolls and animals are looking at a picture book. Fips the monkey wants to have it all to himself. The dolls look for another...

The moon swirls happily around, watching strange animals enjoying themselves and dancing to gramophone music in its light. Then, suddenly, the moon...

An interview with Madame Buchela, a West German clairvoyant.

The very first images in the film set unprecedented standards in East German animated film: a Buñuelean eye that fills the entire screen,...

A look at the history of jazz, which has its origins in the music of Africans enslaved to North America 300 years ago.

Agathopulus loves his luxurious life. He does not want to be bothered with helping to rebuild a destroyed city. Instead, he invents machines and...

When Martin returns from war, he finds that nothing is the way it once was. He watches a few remaining villagers leave offerings in the town square...

A princess laments for her treasure. The knights Dick and Schick rush off to fetch it. A little bird joins them and they take it with them and defend...

During a routine visit to an acquaintance, an old, single Sorbian woman reflects on her life.

Von Hamburg bis Stralsund (From Hamburg to Stralsund) (1950) is an East German documentary directed by Andrew Thorndike. Running at approximately 35...

Documentary on new construction and reconstruction in Berlin's Friedrichstrasse in 1985.