1975

Die eigene Haut

9/1

Eighteen-year-old Wolfgang has just passed his A-levels and still has a few months to go before he has to start his military service. Instead of sitti...

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Die eigene Haut

1973

Zement

9/1

Early 1921: a man is on his way home. Gleb Chumalov, regimental commander, worker and Hero of the Order of the Red Banner, returns to his home town fr...

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Zement

1965

The Rabbit Is Me

6.615/13

Maria, a young student sees her brother Dieter going to prison for sedition against the state. She starts an affair with Paul, a judge who turns out t...

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The Rabbit Is Me

1977

A Snowman for Africa

8/2

The little African girl Asina is eagerly waiting for her new friend Karli. Karli is a young sailor from Rostock who has promised her a gift on his nex...

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A Snowman for Africa

1986

Ernst Thälmann

8.5/2

This elaborate two-part television film features a section from the life of communist worker leader Ernst Thälmann. It begins with the bloody riots on...

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Ernst Thälmann

1988

Liebling, mir fehlen die Worte

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Liebling, mir fehlen die Worte

1985

Die Wette

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Die Wette

1971

Zeit der Störche

4/4

Susanne and Christian get to know each other during a wonderful week in summer - and fall in love. This, however, leads to conflicts: up to now, Susan...

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Zeit der Störche

1975

Bankett für Achilles

5/7

For thirty years, Karl Achilles has been working at the chemical collective in Bitterfeld. But now his last day as a master at the plant has come. He...

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Bankett für Achilles

1980

Max und siebeneinhalb Jungen

9/1

Max Stricker, an old anti-fascist, informs a class of eighth graders before their planned visit to the former concentration camp in Buchenwald. But th...

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Max und siebeneinhalb Jungen

1981

Paunch and I

8/1

Nine years old Flori must deal with a lot of problems after his father leaves the family.

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Paunch and I

2008

Tischlein deck dich

5.4/4

No one takes the clumsy Max Klopstock seriously. Even the gluttonous goat makes fun of him. Max wants to prove his worth to his father and lovely Lott...

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Tischlein deck dich

1976

Ein altes Modell

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Ein altes Modell

1983

Die Schüsse der Arche Noah

8.5/2

Things are not going well for Klaus Wensloff. It is the last year of World War II. At school the boy hears Nazi propaganda, while at home his mother t...

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Die Schüsse der Arche Noah

1986

The Brigade-Leader’s Hat

10/1

Young construction worker Ralf Reider leaves his home village Katzsprung in the Rhön mountains during the "Berlin Initiative". In the capital, he want...

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The Brigade-Leader’s Hat

2001

Heinrich der Säger

4.25/6

When rail lines are cut and workers laid off, Kurt Grantke sabotages the Commercial Railway to protect his town. Despite no injuries or evidence, the...

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Heinrich der Säger

1986

Rabenvater

9/1

Two years ago, cinema poster painter Jonathan had agreed in his divorce to leave the sole custody for his son David to David′s mother Ruth. But at the...

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Rabenvater

2009

Tango im Schnee

3.5/2

Ella Talbach lives a settled, middle-class life alongside her husband Manfred, who is currently campaigning for re-election as mayor. On her 60th birt...

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Tango im Schnee

1988

Das Herz des Piraten

8.167/3

Jessi finds the petrified talking heart of a pirate who died centuries ago. The pirate's dream image increasingly becomes a substitute for her father....

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Das Herz des Piraten

1989

Die Galgenbrücke

7/1

In the wintry Baltics, a century is drawing to a close and with it the era of the old Junker aristocracy. Pastor Erwin Wenger falls in love with the b...

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Die Galgenbrücke

1993

Grüß Gott, Genosse

6.5/2

In 1989, teacher Wendler and his wife leave the GDR to join his Bavarian uncle. In the West, the line-loyal educator with a whitewashed CV is immediat...

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Grüß Gott, Genosse

2004

Fliege hat Angst

8/1

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Fliege hat Angst

2013

Nach all den Jahren

5.5/5

The writer Sofie lives with her daughter, her son and her motherly friend Rosa in a pretty Leipzig city villa. Her life seems to have a firm grip on t...

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Nach all den Jahren

1990

The Dragon Daniel

9/1

On a school trip, Daniel discovers a cave that sparks his vivid imagination: he wonders if there are dragons that live in caves like this?

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The Dragon Daniel

2003

Fliege kehrt zurück

9/1

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Fliege kehrt zurück

2003

Lotti auf der Flucht

6/3

In Vienna, Lotti Portuné, a widow embassy councillor, sees a report on television in which she recognizes her childhood sweetheart Ernst, a skipper on...

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Lotti auf der Flucht

2001

Die Braut meines Freundes

4.4/5

Dr. Michael Mangold is truly enviable: He works successfully as a surgeon in a Leipzig clinic, has a fancy apartment, is very good-looking and is abou...

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Die Braut meines Freundes

2000

Mutter wider Willen

6.125/4

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Mutter wider Willen

1997

Friedrich und der verzauberte Einbrecher

8/1

9-year-old Friedrich surprises a burglar.

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Friedrich und der verzauberte Einbrecher

1965

Partner

0/0

The film deals with the problem of choosing a partner for 16 to 20-year-olds. Third part of the "Relationships Between Boys And Girls" series.

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Partner

1978

Between Two Wars

6.5/6

A film about the time of the blast furnaces – 1917–1933 – about the development of an industry, about perfect machinery which had to run itself to the...

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Between Two Wars

2008

Das Traumpaar

5.1/4

Günther and Erwin are best friends and love enemies at the same time: the two shrewd older men have been at loggerheads for 30 years now - over a woma...

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Das Traumpaar

2009

Beyond the Wall

6.8/4

In September 1974, at the Bösebrücke border crossing between East and West Germany, Heike and Ulrich Molitor, along with their two little children, ar...

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Beyond the Wall

1992

Das große Fest

9/1

Brothers Friedrich and Richard inherit their father’s seaside hotel after reunification. Ambitious Western businessman Friedrich plots a massive devel...

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Das große Fest

1979

Das Pferdemädchen

8/1

Irka and Raya are best friends, one always knows immediately what the other wants. Irka is young, lively and a girl, Raya is old, blind and a proud ma...

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Das Pferdemädchen

1974

… verdammt, ich bin erwachsen

3.929/7

15-year old Klaus Kambor, called Kurbel, is living in a village in Lusatia and already thinks of himself as an adult. He can hold a lot of rhubarb win...

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… verdammt, ich bin erwachsen

1987

The Oath in Rabenhorst

9/1

Germany, 1949. Three children are crating a secret society in order to help families in need.

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The Oath in Rabenhorst

1991

The Street

5.2/5

East Berlin, 1989: 30-year-old photojournalist Georg follows a beautiful, mysterious dancer Miss Albena. Blinded by love, he dreams about her. His ima...

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The Street

1988

Mit Leib und Seele

7/1

Seventeen-year-old apprentice Jonas, struggling with his ailing, proud father, pours himself into restoring a decaying ship on a Mecklenburg lake. Neg...

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Mit Leib und Seele

1990

Über die Grenzen

9/1

Documentary filmmaker Paul Krewer follows his friend Thomas Ritter in the Peace Race, aiming to capture a winner’s story. When Ritter crashes and fall...

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Über die Grenzen

1995

The Promise

6.556/18

East-Berlin, 1961, shortly after the erection of the Wall. Konrad, Sophie and three of their friends plan a daring escape to Western Germany. The atte...

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The Promise

1980

Dach überm Kopf

5/5

Karoline Gluth is approaching forty, has an 18-year-old son who is studying and is therefore independent. She decides to start a new life and says goo...

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Dach überm Kopf

1980

Salz und Brot und gute Laune

0/0

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Salz und Brot und gute Laune

1974

… verdammt, ich bin erwachsen

3.929/7

15-year old Klaus Kambor, called Kurbel, is living in a village in Lusatia and already thinks of himself as an adult. He can hold a lot of rhubarb win...

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… verdammt, ich bin erwachsen

1988

Die Glucke

0/0

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Die Glucke

1988

An allem ist Matuschke schuld

0/0

Married couple Peter and Felicitas Kallweit are facing an extraordinary marital test: at the same time, the purchase of a new, more prestigious car an...

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An allem ist Matuschke schuld

2015

Real Life

6/2

A border region village between the Czech Republic and Germany tells the love story of TOMMY (19) from socially disadvantaged backgrounds and JULIA (1...

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Real Life

1973

The Second Life of F.W.G. Platow

6.5/4

Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Platow worked for the railways his entire working life. He took up service at the small station of Luege 34 years ago. Now, th...

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The Second Life of F.W.G. Platow

1989

Der Mann im Schrank

0/0

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Der Mann im Schrank

2013

Odyssey of Heroes

6/8

When their ship is sunk in the Indian Ocean during the first world war, 50 men have to cross infinite stretches of sea and desert, avoid enemies, find...

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Odyssey of Heroes

2018

Wolfsland - Der steinerne Gast

7.2/5

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Wolfsland - Der steinerne Gast

1985

Die dritte Frau

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Die dritte Frau

1980

Anna und das Familiengespenst

9/1

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Anna und das Familiengespenst

1988

Mensch, mein Papa...!

9/1

Pensioner Erich Zarling loves two things: his daughter Ulrike and his dog sports club, of which he is chairman. But this position is in danger, so he...

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Mensch, mein Papa...!

1991

Trillertrine

7/2

To gain lands from the prince of Saxony, a group of orphans seeks Mozart, in order to obtain the very rare score of one of his compositions.

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Trillertrine

1995

Zu treuen Händen

8/1

The satirical film is about the liquidation of a sewing machine combine by the Treuhandanstalt (THA) in the town of Altenburg in Thuringia. The compan...

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Zu treuen Händen

1981

Darf ich Petruschka zu dir sagen?

9/1

35-year old ballet soloist Peter ends his career as a performance dancer and, on the occasion of his last stage performance, looks back on his career...

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Darf ich Petruschka zu dir sagen?

1977

Ottokar, the World Reformer

6.8/5

A funny story about fifth grader Ottokar who is always ready to fight for justice.

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Ottokar, the World Reformer

1986

Hilde, das Dienstmädchen

9/1

In 1938, a young woman leaves Germany to search for her love, Erich, in Reichenburg, Bohemia. Erich is secretly fighting the fascists, so Hilde ends u...

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Hilde, das Dienstmädchen

1987

Liane

4.667/3

Twenty-year-old electronics technician Liane, desperate to escape her broken home, resists a demotion at work and falls for research student Jürgen. F...

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Liane

1968

I Was Nineteen

7.375/20

A young soldier enters Germany with Soviet troops at the end of WWII, feeling like a stranger in his homeland. As he meets Germans, he grapples with h...

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I Was Nineteen

1990

Abschiedsdisco

4/5

A village has to be destroyed for coal mining. Henning, a 15 years old boy, who wants to visit his grandfather one more time, realizes that nothing wi...

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Abschiedsdisco

1998

Eine Frau nach Maß

0/0

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Eine Frau nach Maß

1984

Das Puppenheim in Pinnow

4.6/5

On the way to the holiday camp, 16-year-old Steffi falls in love with Norbert, whom she has known for a long time from visiting grandfather in Pinnow....

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Das Puppenheim in Pinnow

1979

Tull

0/0

TV movie from the GDR that combines a love story with a drama concerning industrial working methods.

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Tull