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Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale (2019)
Genre: Animation, Family, History
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Czech Republic
Duration: 86 min.
Story: September 1989 in the GDR. With the change of the general mood in the country, the life of 12-year-old FRITZI changes as well. Her best friend Sophie has fled with her mother through Hungary to West Germany and the only thing Fritzi has left is ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, sincere, entertaining, anime ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: teenager, dog, german history, child protagonist, human animal relationship, animal human communication, friendship, teenage life, teenage girl, revolution, friends, pets ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: central europe
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The Last Execution (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The ambitious scientist Franz Walter doesn't hesitate when he is promised a professorship at the university. He immediately accepts, pledges absolute loyalty to the system and agrees to work for the GDR's foreign intelligence service until ...
Style: crying
Plot: iron curtain, male pubic hair, cold war, husband wife sex, hotel room, marriage proposal, football player, wedding ring, marriage, death penalty, drinking, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: germany, east germany, east berlin, german democratic republic
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 5.7
 810
The Defector (1966)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Professor Bower, an American physicist, is effectively blackmailed by a shady CIA agent named Adams to help the CIA obtain secret microfilm from a defecting Russian scientist. The reluctant Bower travels to East Germany undercover as an antiques ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cold war, spy, iron curtain, espionage, renegade, secret agent, conspiracy, escapades, race against time, dishonesty, government agency, undercover ...
Time: year 1966, 60s
Place: europe, germany, east germany, west berlin west germany, west germany ...
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 7.8
 1K
The Flight (1971)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 196 min.
Story: The film is about a group of people who in other times wouldn't have anything in common, some of them innocent bystanders, some moral criminals. But nothing is straightforward and simple. From Russia "the run" continues to ...
Plot: russian civil war, civil war, interwar period, iron curtain, revolution, card playing, public execution, hanging, execution, war crime, remorse, emigrant ...
Time: 1920s
Place: soviet union, ukraine, russia, turkey, france ...
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Judgement in Berlin (1988)
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, legal action, legal, courtroom drama, fighting the system, confined, save the day, danger, culture clash ...
Time: 70s
Place: germany, europe, east berlin, berlin germany, west berlin west germany ...
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The Fourth War (1990)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Cold War drama about two gung-ho border commanders (Roy Scheider, Jurgen Prochnow) who carry out their own private war against each other on the German - Czechoslovakia border.
Style: political, grindhouse, political thriller, independent film, captivating ...
Plot: cold war, border, spy, iron curtain, 007, winter, world war two, terrorism, cannon, soldier, battles, wartime life ...
Time: 80s
Place: czechoslovakia, germany, asia, vietnam, europe
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 5.6
 2K
The Innocent (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A young engineer is sent to post-WWII Berlin to help the Americans in spying on the Russians. In a time and place where discretion is still a man’s best friend, he falls in love with a mysterious woman who will take him on the dark side of evil.
Style: sexual, political thriller, independent film, sexy, exciting ...
Plot: spy, cold war, berlin wall, iron curtain, stasi, cavalry, crisis, danger, espionage, secret agent, couples, infidelity ...
Time: year 1993, 50s, 1950s
Place: germany, europe
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 6.8
 851
The Promise (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, France, Switzerland
Duration: 115 min.
Story: East-Berlin, 1961, shortly after the erection of the Wall. Konrad, Sophie and three of their friends plan a daring escape to Western Germany. The attempt is successful, except for Konrad, who remains behind. From then on, and for the next 28 years, ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: politics, berlin wall, spy, iron curtain, stasi, cold war, crisis, anti communism, couples, love affair, impossible love, political unrest ...
Time: 80s, 60s
Place: germany, east germany, berlin germany, europe, prague ...
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 6.8
 199
The Shoe (1998)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Latvia, Germany, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Every night, Soviet tractors comb the coast of Latvia looking for signs of anyone who could have infiltrated the Soviet border from the sea. One morning, three Soviet patrolmen discover a woman’s shoe in the sand and footsteps leading to the ...
Plot: iron curtain, guard dog, girl, military, beach, beer, cold war, baby, bicycle, telephone call, drinking, taxi ...
Time: 1950s
Place: romania, latvia, soviet union
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 6.8
 7K
Sun Alley (1999)
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, semi serious, realistic, talky ...
Audience: teens
Plot: stasi, coming of age, berlin wall, love, german history, communism, communist, iron curtain, friendship, youth, defloration, border crossing ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: east germany, germany, german democratic republic, berlin germany, europe ...
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 6.3
 358
Heroes Like Us (1999)
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
Plot: iron curtain, love of one's life, berlin wall, stasi, love interest, coming of age, masturbation, secret police, german reunification, satire, sperm
Place: german democratic republic, east berlin, east germany
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Never Mind the Wall (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Germany 1982: The country is divided into two parts. Nele, coming from West-Germany, travels to East-Germany where she meets Captain, singer of a band. They fall in love with each other, but the regime "takes care" of their relationship, ...
Style: eighties
Plot: stasi, berlin wall, punk rock, punk, subculture, communism, monkey, iron curtain, coming of age, teenage crush, sex, strong female character ...
Time: 80s
Place: german democratic republic, berlin germany, west berlin west germany, east germany
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 7.7
 6K
The Tunnel (2001)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 150 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, tense, political, compassionate ...
Plot: berlin wall, tunnel, politics, communism, betrayal, cold war, breast feeding, political unrest, wartime, freedom, brutality, heroes ...
Time: 60s, ancient times, year 2001
Place: east germany, germany, berlin germany, west berlin west germany, german democratic republic ...
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 7.1
 8K
Berlin Blues (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In October 1989, the part of the West Berlin borough of Kreuzberg called SO 36, had been largely shut off by the Wall from the rest of the city for 28 years. A lethargic sub-culture of students, artists, bohemians and barflys had flourished among ...
Style: cynical, bleak, melancholic, atmospheric, semi serious ...
Plot: depression, imagination, lone hero, irreverent, culture clash, adaptation, existentialism, life philosophy, lifestyle, unfulfilled love, love and romance, misfit ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 2003, year 1989
Place: germany, europe, berlin germany, west berlin west germany, east germany
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Gaz Bar Blues (2003)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story: This is the story of Mr. Brochu, whose friends like to call "the Boss". He runs his gas station the best he can and tries to stay happy no matter what happens. This movie relates all the small tragedies surrounding the gaz bar, such as ...
Style: contemplative, semi serious, sincere, realistic, humorous
Plot: family business, hopes, single parent, introspection, human nature, family problems, working class, family in crisis, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, iron curtain ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: canada, quebec, berlin germany, germany, east berlin
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The Red Cockatoo (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story set in Germany in the 1960s. Siggi becomes involved in a love triangle when he falls for Luise, but the tightening political climate forces him to make a fateful decision.
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, sentimental
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: stasi, love triangle, youth, rebellion, infidelity, against the rules, berlin wall, couples, couple relations, lifestyle, self discovery, dishonesty ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: german democratic republic, germany, europe, east germany
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Operation Skorpion (2004)
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, totalitarian state, berlin wall, iron curtain, bus, jail cell, prison, disguise, forgery, betrayal, poison ...
Place: german democratic republic, east germany
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The Border Post (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Croatia, Serbia, UK, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Austria
Duration: 94 min.
Story: At a small border-post on the Yugoslav-Albanian border, yet another generation of soldiers suffering the usual amount of boredom awaits the end of their service, counting days to the moment when they should take their uniforms off for good. It is ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, islamic, sex comedy ...
Plot: war, soldier, border, comedy of errors, couples, politics, military, state affairs, dishonesty, infidelity, army, commander ...
Time: 80s
Place: bosnia, balkan, croatia, former yugoslavia, macedonia ...
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Cold Summer (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The Wall - Berlin '61.
Plot: iron curtain, totalitarian state, family relations, military, fear, danger, berlin wall, escape, border, thief, smuggling, separation ...
Time: year 1961, 60s
Place: east germany
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The Way I Spent the End of the World (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Bucharest 1989 - the last year of Ceausecu's dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7 year old brother, Lalalilu. One day at school, Eva and her boyfriend accidentally break a bust of Ceausescu. They are forced to confess their crime ...
Style: captivating, sentimental, sincere, realistic, serious ...
Plot: youth, friendship, hopes, coming of age, siblings relations, exile, rebelliousness, human spirit, reform, family relations, warning, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: romania, eastern europe, europe
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Prager Botschaft (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Plot: iron curtain, berlin wall, stasi, mass hysteria, camp, protest, embassy, politics, politician, propaganda, police, fence ...
Time: 80s
Place: east germany
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 6.8
 72K
The Debt (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hungary, Israel
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Rachel Singer is a former Mossad agent who tried to capture a notorious Nazi war criminal – the Surgeon of Birkenau – in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tense, talky ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: mossad, spy, war criminal, cold war, secret agent, nazi hunter, espionage, nazi, kidnapping, female protagonist, corruption, moral ambiguity ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 90s, 70s, year 1997 ...
Place: israel, middle east, germany, east germany, berlin germany ...
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The Wall - The Final Days (2008)
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, berlin wall, iron curtain, totalitarian state, historical event, german reunification, soldier, police, border crossing, intercourse, border, nationalism ...
Time: year 1989
Place: east germany, germany, german democratic republic, berlin germany, west germany
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Beloved Berlin Wall (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Berlin, 1989. Sascha is a young East German border guard and Franzi is a lively young West German woman who's just moved into a flat next to Sascha's watchtower at the Berlin Wall. It takes only a slight mishap and a selfless act of ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, humorous, touching, captivating ...
Plot: stasi, love affair, love and romance, fall in love, father son relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, international relations, cold war, iron curtain, hitchhiker, hitchhiking, dancing ...
Time: 80s
Place: germany, east germany, berlin germany, europe, east berlin ...
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 6.6
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Shores of Hope (2012)
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: serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot: friendship, ambition, relationship vs career, dishonesty, moral dilemma, investigation, danger, betrayal, snitch, dictatorship, dictator, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: germany, german democratic republic, east germany
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 6.8
 504
Westwind (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Hungary
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Set in the Summer of 1988 and based on real events, the film tells the story of East-German twins Isabel and Doreen, two aspiring oarswomen, whose lives are changed dramatically during a training camp at Lake Balaton in Hungary. There, the girls ...
Plot: german history, totalitarian state, iron curtain, twin sister, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, sister sister relationship, stowaway, twins, female athlete, group of friends, fraternal twins, young ...
Time: 80s
Place: east germany
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 6.4
 1K
West (2013)
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, captivating, touching, gloomy
Plot: cold war, immigrant, single mother, starting over, social decay, family relations, hopes, coming of age, society, haunted by the past, friendship, freedom ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: germany, europe, german democratic republic, east germany, west germany ...
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 7.6
 326K
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, India, Germany
Duration: 142 min.
Story: During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate ...
Style: suspense, realistic, dramatic, intense, historical drama ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cold war, lawyer, espionage, spy, cia, justice, courtroom, court, trial, berlin wall, soviet spy, negotiation ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, 50s, 60s ...
Place: east germany, berlin germany, soviet union, new york, persia ...
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That Trip We Took with Dad (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, Romania, Hungary, Sweden
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Romania, 1968. Two very different brothers. Mihai is a secret police informant, Emil is a dedicated dissident. When they have the opportunity to have their ailing father’s eyes operated on in East Germany, the three set out on a moving odyssey.
Style: touching, serious, captivating, realistic, entertaining ...
Plot: road trip, cold war, arrested, family relations, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, fight, doctor, death of father, politics, life, lifestyle change ...
Time: year 1968, 60s
Place: central europe
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Charité at War (2017)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
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Story: Berlin, 1888. After penniless Ida’s life is saved at the Charité Hospital she must work off the treatment costs. While she becomes acquainted with the most brilliant physicians of this era at the world-famous hospital, the self-determined young ...
Style: realistic, captivating, stylized, medical drama, intellectual ...
Plot: medicine, doctor, hospital, medical, nurse, scientist, german history, medical research, science, medical school, surgery, discovery ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 60s, 1940s, 1880s
Place: berlin germany, germany
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