Egon Krenz

Druzhba: The Friendship Pipeline (2021)

"The Pipeline of the Century -- How Soviet Natural Gas Came to the West" by director Matthias Schmidt shows touching personal memories. The production is a treasure trove of material in which previously unpublished visual material about the construction of ...

Katarina Witt - Weltstar aus der DDR (2020)

With two Olympic victories, four world championship titles and six European championship titles, Katarina Witt is the most successful female athlete in the history of figure skating. She combines East German identity with international flair and is still t ...

The Forgotten Army (2017)

"The Forgotten Army" tells the story of former GDR soldiers, who after the Berlin Wall fell, haven't come to terms with their past. ...

The Red Elvis (2007)

A documentary on the late American entertainer Dean Reed, who became a huge star in East Germany after settling there in 1973. ...

Die Sekretäre (1999)

The film talks about the rise and fall of the two most influential protagonists in GDR-politics. In succession, over long stretches even together, Ulbricht and Honecker determined the course of the GDR, of course without ever getting out of being a satelli ...

When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World (1999)

A detailed reconstruction of the events from Nov. 9th to 11th, 1989, which led to the Berlin wall tumbling down, on a local, national and international level. ...

Dresden Oktober '89 (1989)

Kolberg (1945)

During Napoleon's victorious campaign in Germany, the city of Kolberg gets isolated from the retreating Prussian forces. The population of Kolberg refuses to capitulate and organizes the resistance against the French army, which immediately submits the cit ...