Liska Merbach

Die Jagd nach dem Stiefel

Konrad Petzold

Günter Naumann, Gerry Wolff

Germany 1932, constant fights between Communists and Nazis tear the country apart. When a Communist is found dead, the police accuses another Communist being his murderer. But the Communist youth group follows another trail - the murderer left a characteristic boot print at the scene of the crime.

Schlösser und Katen

Kurt Maetzig

Raimund Schelcher, Erika Dunkelmann

Lifelong hard work for the count makes the servant Anton a cripple. Everybody calls him Crooked Anton. When, after the end of the war, the land of the count gets divided amongst the farmers, Anton receives a piece and hopes to be able to work freely. But an old debt and intrigue keep Anton and his family from finding peace. The farmers of the village begin to discover their own power when Annegret, Anton's daughter, leaves. Is a new beginning possible for Anton? This film paints an impressive panorama of the development of a minor village in Mecklenburg from the end of the war to the uprising of 17 June 1953.

Chronicle of a Summer

Ralf Kirsten

Manfred Krug, Christel Bodenstein

In the late fifties a large industrial complex was built near Schwedt, in the GDR. This low budget film tells about the voluntary participation of the brigades of the Freie Deutsche Jugend in the building up …

Alwin der Letzte

Hubert Hoelzke

Gerhard Bienert, Steffie Spira

По одноименной пьесе Эриха Хелера и Маргарет Грухман Ройтер, о том, как последний в селе единоличник долго и упорно отказывался вступить в кооператив. После многих забавных перипетий он понял, что жизнь стала иной, что жить вне коллектива нельзя, и перестал упорствовать.

Treffpunkt Aimée

Horst Reinecke

Renate Küster, Günther Simon

DEFA crime film about the smuggling of PVC across the (still open) border from East to West Berlin.

Jacke wie Hose

Eduard Kubat

Irene Korb, Günther Simon

Das Stacheltier - Endstation Kanal

Richard Groschopp

Ursula Dücker, Willy Krause

Сатирический фильм, высмеивающий укоренившуюся в некоторых учреждениях традицию по всякому поводу устраивать банкеты.

Einmal ist keinmal

Konrad Wolf

Horst Drinda, Brigitte Krause

Actually, the Düsseldorf musician and composer Peter Weselin only wanted to spend his placid vacation with his uncle in the Vogtland village of Klingenthal. But in the city famous for its manufacture of musical instruments, the annual music festival is about to start. For the festival, the accordion factory asks Peter for a large composition for the symphonic orchestra. Furthermore, cute Anna asks him to write a pop song for her youth dance band. Thus, Peter finds no rest during his vacation.