A young man from an early age falls in love with a girl whose family is not in good standing with the ruling Communist party. His father however is a...

Four directors - four styles - four episodes, all relating the events of a single night which has entered the history books: August 12-13, 1961....

Documents the remodeling of the Ostbahnhof in Berlin Friedrichshain into the central station of the GDR.

Documentary (in colour) about the first youth meeting (Deutschlandtreffen der Jugend) in East Berlin in 1950.

A girl visiting modern day East Germany with her estranged father begins reliving the horrifying events that happened to a young girl living there...

A lifeguard at Lake Müggel has his hand bitten off and the marks indicate a shark attack. The lake is closed to the public by extending a local...

In 1989, Jenny Ecker, an 18-year-old daughter of an entrepreneur, flees from Hildesheim to the east - out of love. The teenager has fallen hopelessly...

The corner Schönhauser Allee in East Berlin is the main meeting-point for a group of adolescents. Dieter is a construction worker who falls in love...

East Germany, 1988: working as a state security service agent, Jürgen Kaiser is loyal to the party line, but worried about his son Marco, a punk. As...

A documentary and film essay about the artist scene in East Berlin during the 1950s.

Legendary drag performer Ocaña in performance with a cardboard Marilyn on the west side of the Berlin Wall.

The documentary tells the story of the reunification from the perspective of six teenagers from East Germany.

Children's film with animation and live action elements about how the lock in the Spree River works.

Frank, a tenth grade student, falls in love with his classmate Regine. His father is a well-connected plant manager in the GDR; Regine's mother is a...

13 August 1961: the GDR closes the sector borders in Berlin. The city is divided overnight. Escape to the West becomes more dangerous every day. But...

This film undertakes a journey into the amazing parallel universe of East Berlin’s fashion designers and experts in the art of survival. For, in...

In 1986, Ross McElwee (Sherman's March) and Marilyn Levine were making a film about the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, when the imposing...

Documents the work of youth work action on construction sites in East Berlin.