Wolfgang Kohlhaase

Only ten years ago the Cold War divided Europe and a real brick wall split Berlin in two. Young German radicals fleeing the law could find protection in the communist "east." Eleven idealists remained there for good -- until the wall came down. This is the story of one of them. (Kino International)

(U.S. Version) A mysterious magnetic spool found during a construction project is discovered to have originated from Venus. A rocket expedition to Venus is launched to discover the origin of the spool and the race that created it. (imdb)

An enchanting comedy, full of human warmth, sincerity and delightful humor - a film about life. (D Street Releasing)

Sunny is the singer of band trying to establish itself in the music-scene of East-Berlin. They play regular gigs in small towns, but Sunny feels out of touch with the audience and her life as a whole. (imdb)

A semi-autobiographical film dealing with the hardships of a young German emigre as he returns home to Germany at the end of World War II. As a member of the Red Army's scouting division, he must come to grips with fighting against men from his homeland, as he attempts to bring the war to a peaceful end so that he may return home.

The corner Schönhauser Allee in East Berlin is the main meeting-point for a group of adolescents. Dieter is a construction worker who falls in love with Angela. She, in turn, spends time with the clique whenever her mother is occupied with her new lover. "Kohle" stays away from home to avoid his dad's alcohol problem, and Karl-Heinz is on his way to becoming a small-time criminal. Due to their interest in western music and culture they are regarded as no-goods and rowdies. Things get interesting (imdb)

An older actor has to deal with the threat of being replaced by a younger actor.

It's Berlin, 1946, and we are in the Russian sector. The war has been lost, and work, and food, are hard to come by. Three very different men have different ways of trying to survive, but they come together to plan a daring raid on the safe of the headquarters of German Railways. They pull the job off successfully, but then a jealous woman finds part of the money and betrays them. (imdb)

The voluntary fire brigade of the small village Siebenthal has nothing to do. They look for challenges, but nothing burns. When their favorite pub gets in an awful condition, they try to set it on fire themselves.

A dramatic reenactment of the Gleiwitz incident when Nazi forces, posing as Poles, staged an attack against a German radio station in Gleiwitz, Poland (today Gliwice) as part of Operation Himmler, which was intended to justify a German invasion of Poland.

A family of German Communists caught on the wrong side of history. (imdb)

Four young Germans in a Soviet POW camp decide to join the Red Army to hasten the end of the war. Their new identities elicit different reactions from Germans and Russians and are difficult to live up to when they are sent behind German lines. (DEFA Film Library)

A teenage German soldier is falsely accused of being a war criminal and arrested in Poland in 1945. (imdb)

Mid-1950s Berlin, before the building of the Wall. Uschi, a salesgirl and aspiring fashion model from the East, is attracted to Hans, from the West. But she also loves the bright shop windows in his part of the city. The flashiness of this new world soon evaporates, however, when Hans loses his job. (DEFA Film Library)

Olaf and Horst are two young metalworkers, who clash with their older colleagues for their criticism of the inadequacy of working methods and the lack of materials, as well as showing their dissatisfaction with the rigid gray aesthetic prevailing through their taste for jackets leather, and motorcycles. (FILMAFFINITY)

Shortly after Chile's 1973 military coup, three men are fleeing across the Andes to Argentina. They witness the murder of a farmer by Chilean police and end up at the home of the farmer's heavily pregnant wife.