Movies and TV shows set in gdr
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in gdr ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, captivating, tense, serious, political and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with communism, cold war, friendship, stasi, female nudity, german history, spy, berlin wall, border crossing and betrayal plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in Germany, East Germany, UK and other countries.
gdr
TOP 10 movies tagged as gdr: Barbara (2012), Open the Wall (2014), Sun Alley (1999), Deutschland 83 (2015), The Silent Revolution (2018), West (2013), Good Bye Lenin! (2003), The Lives of Others (2006), Heroes Like Us (1999), Trace of Stones (1966).
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List of movies set in gdr
15K
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
It is the summer of 1980 in East Germany and, alone, Barbara is confined to living and working as a doctor in a small provincial town - her punishment for attempting to emigrate to the West. She has only one focus; to escape and for this, she has to ...
Style:
tense, melancholic, compassionate, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
stasi, german, cold war, fascism, doctor, introspection, character study, confined, power relations, life is a bitch, society, communism ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, year 1980
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, california, german democratic republic ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A lighthearted look at the opening of the border crossing of Bornholmer Straße in Berlin from the point of view of the confused border guards.
Style:
tense, captivating, humorous, light
Plot:
berlin wall, propaganda, border crossing, society, rivalry, friendship, working class, german history, german humor, iron curtain, falling, uniform ...
Time:
year 1989
Place:
germany, german democratic republic, east germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A group of kids grow up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens. The antics of these kids, their families, of the "West ...
Style:
political, controversial, realistic, semi serious, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, german history, love, friendship, youth, border crossing, boys and girls, defloration, stasi, grownups, teenage love, social differences ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
east germany, germany, german democratic republic, berlin germany, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A gripping coming-of-age story set against the real culture wars and political events of Germany in the 1980s. The drama follows Martin Rauch as the 24 year-old East Germany native is pulled from the world as he knows it and sent to the West as an ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
cold war, espionage, stasi, spy, political intrigue, undercover, state affairs, rivalry, secret police, military, double agent, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century, year 1983, 80s
Place:
germany, west berlin west germany, east germany, german democratic republic, west germany
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
It's 1956. During a visit to a cinema in West Berlin, East German high school pupils Theo and Kurt see disturbing newsreel footage of the uprising in Budapest. Back in Stalinstadt, one of the GDR’s flagship workers’ settlements, they have ...
Style:
suspenseful, thought provoking, disturbing, captivating, banned
Plot:
solidarity, teenager, cold war, high school, friendship, border crossing, communism, learning the truth, betrayal, father son relationship, twists and turns, nazi ...
Time:
50s, year 1956
Place:
east germany, west berlin west germany, germany, hungary, east berlin ...
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1K
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
East Germany. Summer, late 70's. Three years after her boyfriend Wassilij's apparent death, Nelly Senff decides to escape from behind the Berlin wall with her son Alexej, leaving her traumatic memories and past behind. Pretending to marry ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, gloomy
Plot:
cold war, immigrants, starting over, social decay, hopes, family relations, coming of age, society, haunted by the past, love triangle, single mother, immigration ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, east germany, german democratic republic, west germany ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
An affectionate and refreshing East/West-Germany comedy about a boy who’s mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell and when she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happen (since she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid ...
Style:
humorous, political, sentimental, witty, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
coma, berlin wall, politics, idealism, society, culture clash, communism, childhood, capitalism, deception, german reunification, cold war ...
Time:
90s, year 1990, 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
east germany, germany, german democratic republic, berlin germany, east berlin ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A tragic love story set in East Berlin with the backdrop of an undercover Stasi controlled culture. Stasi captain Wieler is ordered to follow author Dreyman and plunges deeper and deeper into his life until he reaches the threshold of doubting the ...
Style:
gloomy, tense, reflective, atmospheric, sincere ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cold war, surveillance, spy, communism, berlin wall, stasi, iron curtain, espionage, voyeurism, loneliness, interrogation, politics ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, 90s
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, europe, central europe ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young man from an early age falls in love with a girl whose family is not in good standing with the ruling Communist party. His father however is a member of the "Stasi", the secret state police. The father not only hinders his ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
stasi, love of one's life, berlin wall, love interest, coming of age, masturbation, secret police, german reunification, satire, mother son relationship, sperm
Place:
german democratic republic, east berlin, east germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: East Germany
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A film about living and working conditons in the GDR of the 60's Includes a little lovestory of course.
Style:
banned film
Plot:
construction worker, love, rivalry, pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, complaint, criticism, grudge, satire, job, socialism, competition ...
Time:
60s
Place:
east germany, german democratic republic
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Genre: Biography, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, Stephan Wagner's thriller focuses on a man and his fight against the East German secret service. After an escape attempt, Wolfgang Stein is sentenced to ten years in prison, but is finally ransomed by the West German ...
Plot:
spy, stasi, trafficking, holiday, disguise, interrogation, bus, betrayal, jail cell, poison, forgery, prison ...
Place:
east germany, german democratic republic
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Rita Vogt is a radical West German terrorist who abandons the revolution and settles in East Germany with a new identity provided by the East German secret service. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, which unavoidably happens ...
Style:
melancholic, captivating, tense, suspenseful, sexy ...
Plot:
lesbian, politics, terrorism, berlin wall, runaway, loneliness, existentialism, starting over, state affairs, lesbian sex, activist, spy ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
germany, east germany, berlin germany, latin america, new jersey ...
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2K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The story of young recruits doing their compulsory military service in the East German army 'NVA' prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
military base, army, soldier, military life, rebelliousness, boot camp, basic training, daydreamer, friends, misfit, military, prank ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
german democratic republic, germany, east germany, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take ...
Style:
parody, campy, surreal, funny, psychotronic ...
Plot:
spy, 007, satire, james bond, espionage, james bond spoof, spy spoof, farce, lion, sexual attraction, auction, villain ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, scotland, india, big ben london, france ...
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591
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Adapted from an award-winning best-selling book by Uwe Tellkamp, 'The Tower' depicts a higher class family’s struggles during crumbling communist rule in 1980’s East Germany. It illustrates the weaknesses and pending downfall of the ...
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
communism, suspense, double life, social problems, family problems, political unrest, cold war, german history, attempted rape, female nudity, countryside
Place:
east germany, german democratic republic
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
End of the 1970s in East Germany: Fred and Jonas are close friends. The 10-year-olds live near at the German-German frontier. After the mother from Jonas has made an exit application, the boys have to recognize that they are soon separated from each ...
Style:
suspenseful, unusual plot structure, tense, contemplative
Plot:
little boy, friendship, single mother, emigration, border crossing, emigrant, german, suspense, mother son relationship, border, immigrants, boy ...
Time:
70s
Place:
german democratic republic, east germany, west germany, germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: East Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This tragic love story relates ten decisive years in the life of the great Romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin, played by a young Ulrich Mühe.
Plot:
home schooling, writers, fired from the job, friendship, friend, husband wife relationship, erotica, love, mental illness, sex, wealth, teacher ...
Place:
germany, german democratic republic, switzerland, east germany, frankfurt germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: East Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The Rabbit Is Me was made in 1965 to encourage discussion of the democratization of East German society. In it, a young student has an affair with a judge who once sentenced her brother for political reasons; she eventually confronts him with his ...
Style:
banned
Plot:
politics, justice, propaganda, controversy, judge, nude, female nudity, lesbian, injustice, older man younger woman relationship, waitress, brother sister relationship ...
Place:
east germany, german democratic republic
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: East Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
complex
Plot:
world war two, holocaust, concentration camp, military, wartime life, nazism, prisoner, war criminal, gas chamber, baby, nazi occupied poland, destiny ...
Place:
germany, poland, east germany, frankfurt germany, spain ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An East German man finds a way to cross the border between East and West Berlin. But when he succeeds in bringing his wife out as well, things are not quite as expected.
Plot:
spy, cold war, cheating wife, border crossing, berlin wall, iron curtain, passport, border, stasi, eccentricity, a vision, ransom ...
Place:
germany, west berlin west germany, berlin germany, german democratic republic, east berlin ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Antonio, seguendo le indicazioni della "Smorfia", dategli in sogno da una zia monaca "attraversa l'Alto Adige" e arriva a Berlino Ovest per incontrare il magliaro Giuseppe e fare fortuna. Ma Antonio e somigliantissimo ...
Plot:
italian abroad, impostor, american, fake identity, secret service, ghost, dream, russian
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, german democratic republic, west germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: East Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
For thirty years, Karl Achilles has been working at the chemical collective in Bitterfeld. But now his last day as a master at the plant has come. He is about to retire; even if Karl, who finds ending his working life difficult, wanted to stay on, ...
Style:
amateur film
Plot:
working conditions, job, professional rivalry, rivalry, ambition, marriage, father son relationship, death, factory, socialism, working class, generation gap ...
Place:
east germany, german democratic republic
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In this German political drama, an ex-Stasi agent encounters an old friend whom he may have betrayed after his friend tried to escape East Germany. The former East German agent is Otto Skrodt who after many years is about to be promoted in the ...
Plot:
stasi, agent, german history, german reunification, female nudity, disguise, intrigue, nude, clandestine
Place:
east germany, german democratic republic
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Director Robert Siodmak's 1962 film, inspired by true events, is about an East Berlin resident who attempts to escape to West Berlin with his family and girlfriend through a secret underground tunnel.
Style:
political
Plot:
berlin wall, cold war, family relations, communism, tunnel, cold war era, secret message, family reunited, secret meeting, auto repair, musician, neighbor ...
Time:
60s
Place:
berlin germany, east berlin, west berlin west germany, west germany, german democratic republic ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
East Germany, 1988: working as a state security service agent, Jürgen Kaiser is loyal to the party line, but worried about his son Marco, a punk. As he is arrested after a concert, Marco is forced to join the army, where he surprisingly identifies ...
Style:
parody
Plot:
spy, border, political party, german reunification, humiliation, embarrassment, male objectification, swan, nude, skinny dipping, separation, man in underwear ...
Time:
80s
Place:
west berlin west germany, germany, east germany, east berlin, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Berlin. Night. An old, homeless drunk stumbles down the street. Ignored by everyone - almost everyone. A woman suddenly appears in front of him - mid-thirties, thin, a drug addict. She stands face-to-face for the first time in years with the man she ...
Style:
road movie
Plot:
berlin wall, inheritance, separation, past, nazi, stasi, road
Place:
germany, german democratic republic, east germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
The Berlin wall separated families and friends for 28 years. Some accepted it, and some worked hard to make it fall.
Plot:
spy, german reunification, police, soldier, historical event, border crossing, german, nationalism, berlin wall, border, intercourse, male female relationship ...
Time:
year 1989
Place:
germany, german democratic republic, east germany, berlin germany, west germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: East Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Paul and Paula have had bad experiences with love: Paul is financially well off but has lost all affection for his wife, and Paula leads a troublesome life raising two children on her own. They meet and discover a strong passion for each other. Life ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional, gloomy ...
Plot:
nude bathing, children, female nudity, love, death, marriage, sensuality, love story, family relations, self fulfillment, partnership, lovers ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
germany, berlin germany, east germany, europe, german democratic republic
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: East Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Sunny is the singer of band trying to establish itself in the music-scene of East-Berlin. They play regular gigs in small towns, but Sunny feels out of touch with the audience and her life as a whole. She begins a relationship with the amateur ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, offbeat
Plot:
taxi, sexism, nude, solitude, self fulfillment, hopes, philosopher, taxi driver, strong female presence, sexual content, friends, rock ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
germany, berlin germany, east berlin, east germany, europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In this vivid historical drama set in 1980s East Germany, two dockworkers and best friends who dream of escaping the repressive regime are forced to choose their loyalties when the state police promise them safe passage out of the country — if ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot:
friendship, ambition, relationship vs career, dishonesty, moral dilemma, betrayal, investigation, snitch, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love, desperation, spy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
germany, german democratic republic, east germany
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