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- The Sandman's everyday life, travels and fantastic adventures. The character often showcased socialist technological achievements, such as the use of awe-inspiring vehicles like futuristic cars and flying devices.
- An interview with former Nazi and mercenary Siegfried Müller about his life and war campaigns.
- A documentary about the deconstruction of the Berlin Wall which makes no use of vocal commentary but instead focuses on visual elements. From the Potsdamer Platz to the Brandenburg Gate, the camera captures the historic events from all sides and different angles: on the one hand there are news reporters and tourists from all over the world taking pictures, children selling pieces of the wall to passers-by, and people celebrating New Year's Eve, on the other we see abandoned subway stations and officials with blank looks on their faces.
- Before GDR collapsed, Misselwitz interviewed diverse East German women who candidly reveal personal and professional stories, frustrations, hopes, aspirations to record a changing society against a backdrop of architecture and landscapes.
- The final instalment of March Brandenburg trilogy moves away from the town of Zehdenick in order to focus on the rural areas north of Berlin. Made in the period between the currency union in East Germany and the official reunification in October 1990, the film shows how drastically the lives of the residents have changed, as crippling unemployment has taken the place of hard work.
- The second instalment of March Brandenburg trilogy captures the conversations taking place in Zehdenick during the weeks leading up to the first free elections in spring 1990. Including previously censored footage of March Brandenburg Bricks, this film reflects the hopes and concerns of the business community, working class women, and young people during 'Die Wende', the period of political change in East Germany.
- At the first German meeting, which took place in Berlin in 1950, domestic and foreign delegations expressed their desire for global peace. Particular emphasis was placed on the participation of a West German delegation, who, alongside young people from the GDR, demonstrated their desire for a unified Germany, among other things.
- Orpheus in the underworld.
- Spring, 1989: For exactly 100 years, the brick-making industry has determined the rhythms of life in Zehdenick, a small town north of Berlin in the state of Brandenburg. Veteran and young brickmakers speak openly and critically about their working and living conditions. As the first instalment of Volker KOEPP's March Brandenburg trilogy, this film was premiered in October 1989, one month before the fall of the Berlin Wall, at the Mannheim Film Festival in West Germany.
- This polemical documentary-using rare authentic images and newsreels from both sides-justifies the erection of the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961. It represents West Berlin as the front line of neo-fascism, terrorism and neo-colonialism-against which the peaceful city of East Berlin requires an "antifascist defense." Made at the behest of those responsible for GDR propaganda, Gass' trademark fast-paced editing and montage create a seamless, if skewed, rendition of the post-WWII history of Berlin. Notably absent, for example, are the Berlin Blockade and Airlift of 1948-49-that gave rise to the impassioned speech of West Berlin Mayor Ernst Reuter, from which the documentary's title is taken. The film features the caustic text of journalist and propagandist Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler, later a commentator on East German television and host of the agitation program "The Black Channel."
- Our Children is a documentary about different youth groups found in the GDR, particularly the young anti-Fascist group. Different young people are interviewed about their coming to terms with their history, country and society. Christa Wolf and Stefan Heym are among those interviewed.
- The "McDonalds Massacre" occurred on July 18, 1984, 41-year-old James Huberty shot dead 21 people and injured 19 others in the McDonald's branch before he was shot by the police. The killing spree of an individual proves to be a spiritual and moral result of the war, where the former soldier became what he is now. TV excerpts are cut into the documentary, which are often interrupted by advertising blocks, the German commentary is accompanied by articles from the West German tabloid press.
- A close-up of Berlin coal carriers from Prenzlauer Berg. No portrayal of worker heroes or progress here. Instead, bright, deeply-felt sketches of rough men and their resolute woman boss. "Refreshing and new... A beautiful, sometimes whimsical documentation of Berlin workers. A cinematic correction of what, in general, was valued in an East German documentary." - Elke Schieber, film historian
- This film is part of the long-term documentary Children of Golzow, which was started in 1961 by director Winfried Junge and only ended in 2007. He accompanied several children from a primary school class from the GDR over this period.
- Frank K. is 22 years old. In March 1990 he is released prematurely from the Berlin Rummelsburg prison, having served a 2 1/2-year sentence. His childhood was spent in a home and his life has been a harsh reality ever since. March 1990: he feels fear, but also a spark of hope. Listening to him means getting involved and realizing that he - and in fact all of us - are lost without solidarity.
- Tells the story of a peculiar man who ran the train service at the ramp in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Furthermore, there is a report about a top manager of the Bundeswehr administration who assesses the killing technology of Auschwitz according to the principle of profitability. Finally, we witness how you can order a "man on the ramp" from the cap to the sole of the boot and the necessary Waffen-SS patch "Auschwitz" for DM 2,966 to make yourself from the military trade in Soltau. Inset photos and historical footage document all the cruelty of the Waffen-SS and their practices in the concentration camp.
- Stalinallee in Berlin. This black-and-white documentary reports on the old Frankfurter Allee, which was ceremonially renamed "Stalinallee" on December 21, 1949 on the occasion of Stalin's 70th birthday. The moving history of the street and the people who lived there from the 16th century to the unification of the KPD and SPD to form the SED in 1946 is documented using historical photos and detailed film reviews. In November 1951, the Central Committee of the SED proposed a national reconstruction program for Berlin, which included above all the expansion of Stalinallee with new housing complexes based on the Russian model for the working class. More than 45,000 volunteer construction workers volunteered to help clear up the rubble after their daily work in order to push the construction forward.
- "Ofenbauer" is a report on the displacement of a blast furnace, a daunting task during which the workers as well the engineers undergo tremendous physical and psychic tension. But in the end the mission is accomplished thanks to the hard work and dedication of all concerned.
- SS officer Walter Krüger talks about his career. Now he is Secretary of the "Kamerad-schaftsverband I. Panzerkorps der ehemaligen Waffen-SS e.V." (Fellowship of Former Soldiers of Waffen SS 1st Tank Corps). During the interview it shows that Krüger still considers himself and his like-minded fellows to be the elite of the nation.
- Martha Bieder is the last rubble-woman in Rummelsburg. Every day, rain or shine, she stands at the conveyor belt- as she has for decades- sorting through rubble. After a retirement party thrown for her by her male colleagues, she tells her story of being a rubble-woman in post-war Germany.
- Documentary about the uprising of June 17, 1953 based on unpublished archival materials. Above all, the memories and fates of those involved, from the strike leader to the former top SED functionary, add up to an emotionally touching film about the history, the course and the consequences of the uprising in June 1953. Filmmakers from the GDR are approaching a decisive chapter in history their country.