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This DEFA drama presents a somber portrait of life in East Berlin in the final days of the Communist regime. Shot from moving cars, panning shots of the city's ugly, factory-like public housing explore a joyless where people live in a state of chronic depression. Like many others of that generation, Daniel Brenner, an idealistic architect in his late 30s is frustrated by life under the old regime but somehow tolerates it. Hired to design a miniature city on the fringes of Berlin, he fools himself into thinking that he can counteract the prevailing gloom with a cheerier, more innovative approach. Working with a...

results.listIds.director : Peter Kahane

results.listIds.year : 1990

results.listIds.duration : 97

results.listIds.lang : German

Trace of Stone

Based on Erik Neutsch's novel, this DEFA drama tells of building construction foreman Hannes Balla, a leader of large construction site "Schkona" who is held in high esteem by his co-workers because he makes sure they are paid correctly. Things stop running so well when supplies become scared, and Kati Klee, a young technician, and Werner Horrath, the new Party Secretary, arrive on the site. Shelved by East Germany following its 1966 release, this film was banned for 25 years and today it is rguably the most important DEFA film of the 1960s.

results.listIds.director : Frank Beyer

results.listIds.year : 1966

results.listIds.duration : 133

results.listIds.lang : German

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...

results.listIds.director : Gitta Nickel, Wolfgang Schwarze, Uwe Belz

results.listIds.year : 1993

results.listIds.lang : German

Our Daily Bread

This DEFA (the state film monopoly in the East Germany) drama tells a story about a German family in post WW2 Berlin: the petty bourgeois cashier Karl Weber observes from a distance how his son Ernst participates in the building of a new socialist society. Karl does not understand Ernst's visions, instead he confides in his other son Harry. However, Harry becomes involved in illegal business and Karl realizes that it would be best to join his son Ernst in the citizen-owned factory. Our Daily Bread continues the traditions of proletarian German film from the Weimar Republic and tries to make the viewers realize...

results.listIds.director : Slatan Dudow

results.listIds.year : 1949

results.listIds.duration : 99

results.listIds.lang : German

I Am the Rabbit

Banned in its homeland for over two decades, this once controversial DEFA humoristic drama follows the story of a young woman who begins an affair with an older man, only to discover he has a deeply personal (and political) tie to her family's past. Known for its critique of corruption in high places, self-serving party officials, and abuse of power behind the Iron Curtain, the film was released not before 1990. Winner of FIPRESCI Prize - Honorable Mention at the 1965 Berlin International Film Festival.

results.listIds.director : Kurt Maetzig

results.listIds.year : 1965

results.listIds.duration : 109

results.listIds.lang : German

2nd Heimat - A Chronicle of Generation, part 1: The Time of the First Songs, Hermann (1960)

חלק 2 ואמצעי בטרילוגיה מאת הבמאי אדגר רייץ (Edgar Reitz) המתארת את קורות משפחת סימון, משפחה גרמנית בכפר דמיוני בחבל הריין בשנים 1919-2000. חלק זה, הכולל 13 פרקים, מתרחש בשנים 1960-1970 על רקע השינויים הפוליטיים של שנות ה-60. פרק 1: זמן השירים הראשונים, הרמן (1960): בנה הלו חוקי של מריה סימון עוזב את שאבאך ונשבע בפני עצמו שלעולם לא יחזור ולעולם לא יתאהב יותר. מאחוריו סיפור אהבה שסוכל בידי משפחתו ולפניו חייו ולימודי המוסיקה שלו במינכן.