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That Was GDR (German Democratic Republic), parts 1-3.

A collection of 3 documentaries, each 90 min long, that tells of GDR (German Democratic Republic) from diverse aspects: 1. "I Was A Citizen of GDR" - Historical collage in which former citizens of the GDR, both prominent and unknown, tell of their personal feelings, experiences and attitudes toward the GDR as well as material difficulties and the dominance of the State. 2. From "Zone" to State - This documentary tells of the events leading up to the construction of the Berlin Wall on 13.8.61. The focus is not only on major political events, but also on the spirit of the times, which is...

Director : Gitta Nickel, Wolfgang Schwarze, Uwe Belz

Production Year : 1993

Language : German

Your Unknown Brother

Based on Willi Bredel's book, this DEFA drama tells from a psychological point of view the story of Arnold Clasen, a young Communist who is released from a concentration camp in 1935 Hamburg and tries to link up with the Party again, but is unsure as to who he can trust, and has difficulty adjusting to life in Nazi Germany.

Director : Ulrich Weiß

Production Year : 1981

Duration : 103

Language : German

Toman

ביוגרפיה. סרט תיעודי. אודות עו"ד זדנק טומן/Zdeněk Toman. הוא נולד בפראג בשם אשר זליג גולדברגר. בשנות מלחמת העולם השנייה הצליח להימלט ללונדון , שם חבר לממשלת צ'כיה הגולה, והיה לקומוניסט אדוק. לאחר המלחמה חזר לצ'כיה, וסייע לכשלוש מאות פליטים יהודים צ'כים, שברחו לרוסיה, לשוב לצ'כוסלבוקיה , דרך פולין. הוא שיתף פעולה עם הCIA , ה"ג'וינט" ועם המוסד הישראלי בארגון 'הבריחה'. בין 1945 ל1948 עמד בראש ארגיון הביון הצ'כי, המקביל של הק.ג.ב. בשנת 1948 זנח את הקומוניזם ונחקר בשל כך על ידי הק.ג.ב.

Director : Ondrej Trojan

Production Year : 2018

Duration : 144

Language : Czech

Toman

A biography.. Mr. Zdenek Toman, the real-life contradictory person who led the Department of Foreign Intelligence and who significantly influenced political developments in Czechoslovakia in ys. 1945-48, which substantially contributed to the fact that in the year 1948 the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (CPC) seized power/

Director : Larry S. Price

Production Year : 2019

Duration : 61

Language : Czech, English

קרוב יותר לירח

A feature film. Bucharest 1959. A spectacular Bank heist has the country in an uproar. In post-war Communist Romania it is an unimaginable slap in the face to the iron fisted authorities. Four men and a woman are arrested, tried, convicted and while waiting for their execution, are forced to star in a propaganda film about the crime. All five protagonists were heroes of the resistance during the Second World War and highly placed members of Romanian society. They clearly knew they would be caught and executed. Based on the true story ofIoanid Group (Banda Ioanid). The Film was shown in Jewish film...

Director : Nae Caranfil

Production Year : 2014

Duration : 112

Language : English

Accused of Planning the World War III

A documentary portrait of Karol Noskovič, the activist of the Slovak Confederation of the Political Prisoners, who was in his youth unfairly accused and imprisoned.

Director : Juraj Brocko

Production Year : 2008

Duration : 27

Language : Czech

900 ימים

A documentary film. The Blockade of Leningrad during World War II. The film presents an emotional picture of the struggle of some survivors, whose personal memories tend to be overshadowed by the heroic myth held up by the authorities. That myth is in painful contrast with the horrific truth they were forbidden to mention all these years.

Director : Jessica Gorter

Production Year : 2011

Duration : 77

Language : Russian