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| Dreamfactory (2019) | 6.6 |
Movies and TV shows set in east berlin
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in east berlin ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful, melancholic, touching and tense films and TV shows about / with cold war, berlin wall, stasi, iron curtain, politics, spy, espionage, female nudity, communism and friendship plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and History genres shot in Germany, USA, West Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as east berlin: Singing the Blues in Red (1986), Deutschland 89 (2020), The Company (2007), The Tunnel (2001), Atomic Blonde (2017), The Turncoat (2020), The Same Sky (2017), The Cold Room (1984), Meier (1986), The Weissensee Saga (2010).
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List of movies set in east berlin
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, West Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Persona Non Grata in his homeland, protest singer Klaus Drittemann must leave East Berlin, his wife and child and emigrate to West Berlin, where the representatives of an American record company are eagerly waiting for him. They plan to exploit his ...
Style:
serious, realistic, independent film
Plot:
berlin wall, cold war, cold war era, stasi, singer, journalist, politics, urban ghetto, political intrigue, terminal illness, unemployment, captivity ...
Place:
europe, england, germany, dover england, east berlin ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Martin Rauch experiences the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 during his activities as an East German spy.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
cold war, propaganda, stasi, cia, communism, politics, espionage, political unrest, police corruption, one man army, save the day, spy ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, romania, east berlin, germany
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Real-life figures from the Cold War era mix with a fictional story based on a group of CIA operatives and their counterparts in the KGB, MI6, and the Mossad.
Style:
epic, captivating, tense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, cia, undercover, mole, politics, intrigue, secret lover, suspicion, double life, state affairs, betrayal ...
Time:
50s, 80s, 60s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, germany, soviet union, cuba, west berlin west germany ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, political, compassionate, captivating ...
Plot:
berlin wall, tunnel, politics, communism, breast feeding, political unrest, cold war, wartime, heroes, danger, daring rescue, prison escape ...
Time:
ancient times, 60s, year 2001
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, west berlin west germany, german democratic republic ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Sweden, Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
Style:
sexy, surprise ending, exciting, suspense, harsh ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
spy, cold war, female spy, assassin, female killer, lgbt, female assassin, female agent, female warrior, rogue agent, lesbian, secret agent ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, year 1989, 80s, 20th century ...
Place:
berlin germany, east berlin, germany, eastern europe, german democratic republic ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Directed by Academy Award-winner Florian Gallenberger from Sigefried Lenz's international bestseller, "Der Überläufer" is set in the summer of 1944. German soldier Walter Proska is about to return to the Eastern Front when his train ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, unusual plot structure, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, german soldier, partisan, nazi germany, pow, eastern front, defector, political repression, nazi occupied poland, border crossing, swamp, jail ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945, year 1956, post world war two, year 1944
Place:
berlin germany, east berlin, germany, hamburg germany
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Lars is a "Romeo agent" from East Germany in the 1970s. His task is to go West, first to seduce and then to spy on Western women who worked in government or defense institutions.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, serious, political
Plot:
stasi, berlin wall, espionage, sister sister relationship, seduction, spy, surveillance, cold war, resistance, covert operation, lgbt, iron curtain ...
Time:
year 1974, 20th century, 70s
Place:
east germany, berlin germany, germany, west germany, west berlin west germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A girl brought to modern Germany experiences events that occurred during the World War II era.
Style:
suspense, scary, mind bending, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
time travel, hotel, possessed girl, motel, room, possession, world war two, haunting, iron curtain, nazism, violent content, secret agent ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 1930s, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place:
east berlin, europe, germany, berlin germany, east germany
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Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Meier, a paperhanger in East Berlin, inherits from his father in West Berlin. With this money he wants to fulfil himself the dream of his life: a journey around the world. He buys a forged West German passport and pretends to go on a trip to ...
Plot:
berlin wall, political satire, cold war, social commentary, double life, freedom, identity crisis, separation, injustice, escape, deception, culture clash ...
Place:
east berlin, berlin germany, east germany, germany, west berlin west germany ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Weissensee is a German television series. The series is set in East Berlin in 1980 and 1987 and follows two families.
Style:
realistic, poignant, serious, compassionate, touching ...
Plot:
stasi, communism, forbidden love, spy, family feud, parents and children, dysfunctional family, prejudice, social differences, first love, adolescence, star crossed lovers ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, east germany, east berlin, germany, german democratic republic
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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 ...
Style:
romantic drama, dark comedy, tragicomedy, romantic comedy, black humor
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
stasi, berlin wall, coming of age, secret police, satire, father son relationship, social commentary, irony, cold war, teenage love, political satire, forbidden romance ...
Time:
80s
Place:
german democratic republic, east germany, east berlin
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story:
The life of three sisters shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, political
Plot:
german politics, berlin wall, iron curtain, anti communism, relationships, sisters, sister, family life, world war two, family relations, post war, sister sister relationship ...
Place:
east berlin, berlin germany, germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: East Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The architect Daniel Brenner is in his late thirties when he receives his first challenging and lucrative commission: to design a cultural center for a satellite town in East-Berlin. He accepts the offer under the condition that he gets to choose ...
Style:
thought provoking, melancholic, historical drama
Plot:
architecture, berlin wall, frustration, bureaucracy, conformity, urban planning, family conflict, cold war era, compromise, communism, moral dilemma, emigration ...
Place:
german democratic republic, east berlin, east germany
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A U.S. intelligence general (Robert Ryan) recalls three Cold War cases of Soviet (Henry Fonda), French and Italian (Vittorio Gassman) spies.
Style:
anthology, suspenseful, tense, period piece, retro ...
Plot:
espionage, cold war, spy thriller, intelligence, agent, reconnaissance, desertion, secret mission, kidnapping, betrayal, conspiracy, undercover ...
Place:
rome italy, east berlin, paris france, africa, russia ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The film opens with the angel Cassiel (Otto Sander) standing on the statue of the Angel of Victory overlooking post-Cold War Berlin. Growing ever more despondent over his fate as a mere observer of human life, rather than a vital part of it, Cassiel ...
Style:
philosophical, atmospheric, existential, art house, contemplative ...
Plot:
angel, afterlife, redemption, rescue, immortality, loneliness, existentialism, temptation, child, visitor, heaven, spirituality ...
Time:
90s
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe, west berlin west germany, east berlin ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Still missing
Style:
realistic, melancholic
Plot:
journalist, news anchor, urban, identity crisis, wealthy family, professional rivalry, domestic drama, high society, social climbing, stasi, media satire, biopic ...
Time:
90s
Place:
east berlin, hamburg germany, german democratic republic, east germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
melancholic, emotional, romantic drama, multicultural, queer cinema
Plot:
gay, hiv, aids, nude beach, naked in public, homosexuality, illness, community, lgbtq, gay interest, desperation, loss ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
east berlin
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A romantic drama set in 1961 that follows a young studio extra's ambitious efforts to reunite with the French girl he loves after being separated by the construction of the Berlin Wall.
Style:
sweet, romantic, touching, romantic drama, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
friendship, cold war, hopes, love, love and romance, fall in love, couple relations, society, separation, berlin wall, young love, longing ...
Time:
60s
Place:
west berlin west germany, east berlin
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A Coca-Cola executive in West Berlin tries to keep the boss's daughter from marrying a Communist.
Style:
funny, fast paced, black and white, biting, talky ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
cold war, iron curtain, coca cola, satire, capitalist, secretary, communism, forbidden love, farce, voice over narration, corporate executive, race against time ...
Time:
year 1961, 20th century, 60s, 1930s
Place:
berlin germany, west berlin west germany, east berlin, germany, east germany ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
American judge in Germany must decide if the hijacking of an East German plane into West Berlin was justified.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspense, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
terrorism, justice, politics, hijacking, courtroom drama, legal action, legal, culture clash, confined, danger, save the day, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
70s
Place:
germany, europe, east berlin, berlin germany, west berlin west germany ...
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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, cold war era, communism, iron curtain, tunnel, stasi, family relations, loss of son, anti communism, house, group ...
Time:
60s, year 1961
Place:
berlin germany, east berlin, west berlin west germany, germany, german democratic republic ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Double-agent Alexander Eberlin is assigned by the British to hunt out a Russian spy, known to them as Krasnevin. Only Eberlin knows that Krasnevin is none other than himself! Accompanying him on his mission is a ruthless partner, who gradually ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
spy, cold war, berlin wall, espionage, undercover, undercover agent, secret service agent, secret mission, secret agent, iron curtain, double agent, photographer ...
Time:
future, 60s, 20th century
Place:
britain, berlin germany, east berlin, west berlin west germany, england ...
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: East Germany
Duration: 100 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:
serious, realistic, offbeat, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
taxi, drunk, alcohol abuse, suitor, drunkard, jealousy, starting over, philosopher, sexual harassment, suicide attempt, pop music, female singer ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
berlin germany, east germany, germany, east berlin, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
August 13, 1961: The passengers on the interzonal train from Munich to East Berlin learn 3½ hours before crossing the border that the Wall is being built in Berlin. They have 3½ hours to make a life-changing decision: to get off the train or keep ...
Style:
emotional, historical drama, period piece, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
berlin wall, train travel, train, cold war, getting home, moral dilemma, family reunited, claustrophobia, escape, identity, regret, cold ...
Place:
east germany, east berlin, german democratic republic
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: East Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A coming of age drama from the fall of the Berlin Wall era.
Style:
controversial
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
underage sex, first sex, forbidden love, children, rape, sex, teacher, schoolgirl, puberty, sexual abuse, judge, first love ...
Place:
east berlin
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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:
spoof, parody
Plot:
spy, stasi, berlin wall, punk, subculture, border, man in underwear, skinny dipping, separation, political party, german reunification, humiliation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
east germany, west berlin west germany, germany, east berlin, german democratic republic ...
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Genre: Documentary, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Secondary school students from East Berlin are taking final exam in West Berlin (being politically rejected in GDR) as the Berlin wall is built. The dramatization is combined with interviews of the actual people 50 years later.
Style:
reflective, emotional, educational
Audience:
adult
Plot:
berlin wall, friendship, teenager, cold war, youth, moral dilemma, border crossing, coming of age, fear, escape, memory, urban ...
Time:
60s, 50s
Place:
east germany, west berlin west germany, east berlin, west germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
touching, exciting, light, sincere
Plot:
cold war, german history, soldier, anti communist, pow, army, air force, boys and girls, world war two, conservative, world war, crisis ...
Time:
post world war two
Place:
west berlin west germany, east berlin, germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
They are students - at least that's what their parents think - they are the disc-jockeys in the in-clubs in town, they party with no end, they fall in love, they have the best summer in their life in the coolest city of the world: Berlin.
Style:
realistic, captivating, sentimental, atmospheric, serious
Plot:
fall in love, nightlife, nightclub, love triangle, grownups, city life, friends, introspection, celebration, dj, disco, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
berlin germany, germany, east berlin
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Poland, UK, France, Belgium, India
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Cold War-era love story follows the passionate love affair between a mismatched couple.
Style:
black and white, thought provoking, romantic, sad, art film ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
cold war, musician, love story, communism, audition, female singer, loveless marriage, poet, border crossing, concert, marriage, older man younger woman relationship ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1952, year 1957, year 1949 ...
Place:
poland, paris france, former yugoslavia, east berlin, warsaw poland ...
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