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A young couple, whose first child was born with a disability, ask in front of the camera about ways to rule out a disability for the next pregnancy:...

Three couples are presented who live together under very different conditions and in different situations. They are between the ages of 19 and 23,...

Teenagers talk about the butterflies in one’s stomach, their curiosity or their disillusionment after the “first time”.

Scenes of everyday life in South Africa which give an idea of the daily racism in this country.

Rostock - GDR county on the Baltic. This county covering the northern part of the GDR is the welcoming destination of many people: holidaymakers,...

In short sequences of images pointedly set to music by Louis Armstrong, the film follows the pleasurable triumph of young life over the obstacles of...

This black and white documentary follows Ewa from Witunia and other girls from Poland, who work at Kabelwerk Oberspreee in Berlin since about a year....

Documentary reports on everyday life in a big city, focusing on the window cleaners of Berlin. The narrator loosens up the shots of the window...

At the end of the 1980s, a film team is about to visit Lukas Wolf, Friedrich Wolf's eldest son, who lives in the state of New York, USA. They carry...

A film on the subject of peace. The authors' discussion partners, who contribute their own reflections and assessments to the film, are the...

Löffler, a young teacher, strives to deal with his 6th form pupils as partners and in an anti-authorian manner. The film discovers a person who...

Documenting the rebuilding of Potsdam one year after the war under Soviet supervision.

Karl Gass compiles film material to document the Pogromnacht in 1938.

The “Raging Reporter” Egon Erwin Kisch (1885-1948) was one of the most significant journalists of the 1920s and 30s. He wrote from a...

With excerpts from Goethe's diary, sketches and engravings, this film follows Goethe's Italian Journey through Rome, Naples and Pompeii.

In this film about apprentices of the Rewatex laundry, Böttcher once again turns to the focal concern of almost all his films the attempt to...

In late 1990 times are changing in Zehdenick, Brandenburg: Russian troops are leaving, the German Reunification brings euphoria and new hope, but...

A life story from a bygone era. In a retirement home, the 90-year-old Hermann Reußner tells his story. He was born in 1891 in Dessau, back when...