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

Short film about the GDR state border

The army of the GDR, called NVA had not survived the reunification of Germany, it was completely absorbed by the Bundeswehr and scrapped subsequently....

Documents the work of youth work action on construction sites in East Berlin.

Short film about astronauts in the GDR

In a world divided by the Iron Curtain, East Germany sought to carve its niche in the technological race. Enter "Robotron" - a name that seamlessly bl...

Documents the remodeling of the Ostbahnhof in Berlin Friedrichshain into the central station of the GDR.

Erich Honecker visits the Republic of Zambia

Interview with Jochen Girke, a retired East German Stasi agent, filmed March, 1990 to June, 1991. Questions explore his study of psychology for use as...

East German short film

All his life, Michael Hartung, owner of a hopelessly debt-ridden video store, has bet on the wrong horse. When an ambitious journalist confronts him w...

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 professio...

Erich Kasulke and Rudolf Portmann are comedian stars of the former GDR. When the Wall falls, so does their success. Portmann becomes a successful busi...