Erwin Geschonneck Movies

Berlin in the 1960s. Olaf and Horst are two young metalworkers, who provoke their older colleagues with critiques of the antiquated equipment and...

Little Matti and his friends are restoring the old abandoned fire truck .

In an act of friendship and solidarity between two mining towns in 1929, the locals of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, give their flag as a gift to the locals...

On the Faroe Islands, people eke out a meagre existence by catching birds. Merchant Brause pays them little and does a good business. This comes...

A funny adventures of a two young boys who are trying to rebuild the ship called "Emma" for their friend - the old captain.

The land in poor Hassan's Central Asian homeland is stony and lacks water. Every day, he gazes longingly at the well in the garden of the rich...

A socialist story of "atoms for peace" and compulsory labor in an East German uranium mine under Soviet control.

A detailed reconstruction of the censorship case against the landmark Weimar-era communist film, Kuhle Wampe, or Who Owns the World? (1932). Directed...

Survivors of the concentration camp Dachau are recounting their limited cultural activities they had access to due to smuggling.

Grandpa Lörke is preparing for a contemplative, quiet Christmas Eve. But nothing comes of it, because his daughter Anne informs him that his...

Set in German-occupied France in 1944 where a female resistance operative and a German army officer fall in love.

In 1960, farmer Walter Wagemühl learns from the West that his life is coming to an end. In order to pass the farm into loyal hands, he sends his...

Two narrators read the letters of unknown people and tell about the fate of individuals, their work, love and life.

On May 3, 1945, with Hitler already dead and Hamburg and Berlin having surrendered, the Royal Air Force launched its last major air raid. The target...

1982: East German actor Erwin Gregorek travels to Hamburg to shoot screen tests for a film about the sinking of the ocean-liner Cap Arcona in 1945 -...

A young man and woman meet on a bridge, both about to commit suicide by jumping into the river, and recount to each other their experiences.

A retired head cashier, lonely after the death of his wife, lives in the hope of being able to move in with his son and his family after the latter...

This film continues the story of radio operator Ludwig Bartuschek from “The Sailor’s Song”. Near the end of the Weimar Republic,...