Hans-Dieter Grabe

Waffenstillstand - Mein Sommer '45 in Dresden (2020)

Hans-Dieter Grabe recollects his memories of his experiences in 1945, when he was eight years old and living in Dresden. ...

Anton und ich (2017)

Documentary about an old farmer. ...

Raimund - Ein Jahr davor (2014)

Hans-Dieter Grabe portrays his neighbour, Raimund, one year before his suicide. ...

20 × Brandenburg (2010)

Under the artistic direction of director Andreas Dresen, 20 renowned documentary filmmakers, experienced television writers, and teams tell stories about the country and its people. The teams filmed at 20 different locations between June and August 2010 un ...

Diese Bilder verfolgen mich - Dr. med. Alfred Jahn (2002)

Gebrochene Glut (2001)

Grabe's film about his friend, fellow filmmaker, and painter Jürgen Böttcher aka Strawalde. ...

Mendel lebt (1999)

A reunion with Mendel Szajnfeld 27 years after Grabe's first encounter with the Holocaust survivor. ...

Do Sanh - Der letzte Film (1998)

A long-term film documentary about the Vietnamese Do Sanh, who lost his parents as an eight-year-old boy in the Vietnam War and was critically injured by a grenade. Grabe accompanied and filmed him from 1970 until his death. This film is the fifth and fina ...

Frau Siebert und ihre Schüler (1996)

Documentary by Hans-Dieter Grabe. ...

Drei Frauen aus Poddembice (1994)

Three German women living in Poddembice during the Second World War are asked to share their memories. ...

Er nannte sich Hohenstein (1994)

From the diaries of a German official in occupied Poland 1940-42. ...

Tage mit Sanh (1994)

After 17 years, Do Sanh and Marlies Winkelheide, the social worker who brought Sanh to Germany and was his most important caregiver there, meet again when she visits him in Vietnam. During their month-long reunion, his drug addiction comes to light. ...

Jens und seine Eltern (1990)

Jens is nine and has physical and metal disabilities since his birth. The film accompanies Jens and his parents in their everyday life. ...

Lebenserfahrungen: Do Sanh (1990)

It has been nearly 15 years since Do Sanh returned to Vietnam. He is now 29 years old. In the documentary, Sanh talks about his current life, the experiences he has had, and the tough times he had to go through since the filming for director Hans-Dieter Gr ...

Abdullah Yakupoglu: "Warum habe ich meine Tochter getötet?" (1986)

On March 22, 1983, Abdullah Yakupoglu, a Turkish worker living in Germany, killed his daughter Perihan. The documentary looks at the motives of Yakupoglu, who is interviewed in prison. ...

Hiroshima, Nagasaki - Atombombenopfer sagen aus (1985)

Documentary by Hans-Dieter Grabe. ...

Ludwig Gehm - Ein deutscher Widerstandskämpfer (1983)

The story of Ludwig Gehm - a German resistance fighter against Nazism. ...

Bernauer Straße 1-50 oder Als uns die Haustür zugenagelt wurde (1981)

Documentary by Hans-Dieter Grabe. ...

Tytte Botfeldt - Aufs Sterben freu ich mich (1979)

Documentary by Hans-Dieter Grabe. ...

Das Wunder von Lengede oder Ich wünsch keinem, was wir mitgemacht haben (1979)

Documentary by Hans-Dieter Grabe. ...

Simon Wiesenthal oder Ich jagte Eichmann (1978)

Documentary by Hans-Dieter Grabe. ...

Gisela Bartsch oder Warum haben Sie den Mörder geheiratet? (1977)

Documentary by Hans-Dieter Grabe. ...

Sanh und seine Freunde - Beobachtung einer Rückkehr nach Vietnam (1975)

Tells the story of several Vietnamese children who were injured in the Vietnam War and were brought by the Children's aid organization Terre des Hommes to Germany for better care. In 1974, some of them had to return to Vietnam and were faced with the chall ...

Mendel Schainfelds zweite Reise nach Deutschland (1972)

Hans-Dieter Grabe accompanies Mendel Schainfeld on his second journey to Germany. ...

Es gibt schwierige Vaterländer, eins davon ist Deutschland (1970)

Portrait of the Federal President Gustav Heinemann. ...

Nur leichte Kämpfe im Raum Da Nang (1970)

Hans-Dieter Grabe documents the work on board the "Helgoland", a hospital ship for the civilian victims of the Vietnam War. ...

Die Helgoland in Vietnam (1966)

Documentary by Hans-Dieter Grabe. ...

Hoffnung - Fünfmal am Tag (1966)

Electric locomotives in the West, steam locomotives in the East. This report from Bebra uses "observations at a German train station" to illustrate the division of Germany. This was the terminus of the "interzone trains" that carried East German pensioners ...

Waffenstillstand - Mein Sommer '45 in Dresden (2020)

Hans-Dieter Grabe recollects his memories of his experiences in 1945, when he was eight years old and living in Dresden. ...

Ich muss nicht Angst vor Bomben haben (2002)

A portrait of documentary filmmaker Hans-Dieter Grabe. ...

Documentary filmmaking: Christoph Hübner talks with Hans-Dieter Grabe (1998)

Despite or perhaps because of his position at the public television channel ZDF, Hans-Dieter Grabe has developed his own unmistakable signature style which falls between journalism and documentary (similar to Klaus Wildenhahn during his time at the TV chan ...