life in the gdr movies

Seven Freckles (1978)
6.5 / 10

Drama, Romance

East Germany 1978. Karoline and Robert, teenagers who used to live in the same house until Robert's family moved, meet again at this year's...

Forbidden Love (1990)
5.7 / 10

Romance, Drama

18-year old Georg and 13-year old Barbara have been playing together as children. Play becomes love later, which leads to a catastrophe , as their...

3 1/2 Hours (2021)
6.5 / 10

TV Movie, Drama, History

August 13, 1961: The passengers on the interzonal train from Munich to East Berlin learn 3½ hours before crossing the border that the Wall is being...

Next Year at Lake Balaton (1980)
4.722 / 10

Comedy, Drama

Jonas and Ines are in love and want to spend their vacation together camping on the Baltic coast. But Ines’s narrow-minded parents intervene and...

From Us To Me / Vom Wir zum Ich (1988)
8 / 10

Documentary

This first co-production between the GDR and Great Britain is intended to contribute to an understanding of the situation and attitudes of millions...

Tanz auf der Kippe (1991)
5 / 10

Drama

The tragic love story between 17 year-old Gerat Lauter, who is in search of the truth, and his much older teacher Claudia, as it becomes a criminal...

Beyond the Blue Border (2024)
8 / 10

Drama, History, Adventure

GDR, August 1989: Hanna and Andreas became a target of the secret police and had to give up their plans for their future studies and desired...

What We Remember (1984)
0 / 10

Documentary

Nine very private encounters with different people of the post-war generation and their memories of childhood and youth. Among others, the guitarist...

Coded Message for the Boss (1979)
0 / 10

Thriller

Wolf Brandin is in his mid-twenties and lives with his wife and child in East Berlin at the end of the 1950s. In West Berlin, the student of...

Generation Crash - We East Millennials (2023)
0 / 10

Documentary

What was it like to grow up in East Germany in the nineties and noughties? The two-part documentary tells a chapter that has so far been missing from...

Hotel Astoria (2020)
0 / 10

Animation, Documentary

At Hotel Astoria, the former hotspot of Leipzig, guests were served champagne and turtle soup while the Stasi listened in. Animated memories from...

Erzähle deine Geschichte - Die DDR in 30 Begriffen (2020)
0 / 10

Documentary

Die sieben Geheimnisse der NVA (2018)
0 / 10

Documentary

Am Todesstreifen: DDR-Grenzer erzählen (2020)
6 / 10

Documentary

Auf der Oder (1970)
10 / 10

Documentary

In Syrien auf Montage (1971)
0 / 10

Documentary

The film is a reportage showing the help of workers from the GDR in the industrial reconstruction of Syria. We witness the friendly relationship...

Zu den Sternen (2021)
8 / 10

Drama

Das letzte Finale der DDR – Zwischen Mauerfall und Wiedervereinigung (2020)
0 / 10

Documentary

The Open Secret (2022)
0 / 10

Documentary

A documentary that explores questions of secrecy and power in relation to the East German Secret Police (the 'Stasi') within East German society. The...

1–2-tip für immer - Disko in der DDR (2020)
0 / 10

Documentary