Best East Germany Movies
This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best East Germany Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: fairy tale, realistic, melancholic, serious, crying and historical drama. Plot: friendship, love, dancing, youth, coming of age, singing, death, female nudity, dog and drinking alcohol. Genre: Drama, Romance and Comedy. Country: East Germany, Czechoslovakia and Romania.
Best East Germany Movies
TOP Movies: Coming Out (1989), Solo Sunny (1980), The Architects (1990), Naked Among Wolves (1963), Trace of Stones (1966), I Was Nineteen (1968), Forbidden Love (1990), The Legend of Paul and Paula (1973), Karla (1965), How to Wake a Princess (1978), The Rabbit Is Me (1965), Rabbit Heart (1987), Seven Freckles (1978), Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973), The Adventures of Werner Holt (1965), Gritta von Rattenzuhausbeiuns (1985), Carbide and Sorrel (1963), Phillip the Small (1976), The Gleiwitz Case (1961), A Half of Life (1985).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: East Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Reportedly the first film to come out of East Germany to deal openly with gay issues. Philipp, a closeted teacher is dating a female collegue to keep up appearances. One night, by 'accident' he stumbles into a gay bar, meets and promptly ...
Style:
sexual, serious, realistic, psychological, sentimental ...
Plot:
gay, gay cruising, love triangle, gay teenager, gay bashing, gay slur, gay bar, gay student, lgbtq, gay relationship, passion, sexuality ...
Time:
80s
Place:
germany, east germany, berlin germany, east berlin, europe
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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
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, War
Country: East Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
deep, crying, inspirational, complex
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, prisoner, nazi, concentration camp, communism, shoah, military, wartime life, nazi concentration camp, world war, holocaust survivor ...
Place:
east germany, germany, poland, frankfurt germany, german democratic republic ...
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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, banned film
Plot:
construction worker, love, communism, drunk, lie, adulterer, dance, disagreement, pregnant woman, rebelliousness, conflict, carpenter ...
Time:
60s
Place:
german democratic republic, east germany
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: East Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
April 1945: Gregor Hecker, 19 years of age, reaches the outskirts of Berlin as part of the Red Army's scouting team. Having fled Germany with his family when he was eight, he is confronted with the dilemma of having to fight men from the very ...
Plot:
world war two, communism, youth, young man, rape, surrender, truck, concentration camp, tank, dictatorship, wehrmacht, fascism ...
Time:
1940s, year 1968, year 1945
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, 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: 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:
cult classic, realistic, serious, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
nude bathing, children, love, female nudity, death, marriage, nude girl, love story, sensuality, self fulfillment, family relations, fate ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, europe, german democratic republic
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: East Germany
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
An idealistic teacher is shocked to discover her pupils are already cynical and opportunistic. Her colleague soon grows resentful when she uses new and challenging techniques to help her students overcome obstacles.
Style:
banned, banned film
Plot:
teacher, social criticism, individualism, teacher student relationship, coming of age, teachers and students, harassment, anti conformist, male female relationship, woman, female protagonist, retiring ...
Place:
east germany
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The king Dalimil and the queen Eliska waited to see a longed-for offspring - a daughter Ruzenka. But Eliska's envious and bad sister Melánie curses her. When Ruzenka becomes 17 years old she will prick her finger and she will fall asleep for ...
Style:
fairy tale, romantic comedy, costume drama, psychotronic, period drama
Plot:
queen, princess, sleeping beauty, curse, fictional kingdom, 17 year old, master servant relationship, teenager, nobleman, teenage boy, noblewoman, rivals ...
Place:
central europe, europe
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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:
art house, melancholic, cult classic, independent film, banned film ...
Plot:
political repression, ethical dilemma, forbidden romance, cold war, political satire, moral ambiguity, opportunism, satire, family tragedy, politics, justice, symbolism ...
Place:
east germany, german democratic republic
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: East Germany
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
The thirteen year old Janni is depressed, because she's still a little behind in her physical development. This leads to bullying remarks from her classmates. One day, a film crew comes to her school to find a candidate for the role of a Prince ...
Style:
fairy tale
Audience:
kids
Plot:
birthday, prince, horse, horse riding, dog, first love, puberty, casting, sword fight, dragon, tomboy, director ...
Place:
germany
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: East Germany
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Teens in a holiday-camp. First love, first sex, first self-made theatre performance of "Romeo and Julliet" - quite interesting to have a look at the east-German youth in the seventies.
Style:
erotic, teen comedy
Plot:
coming of age, teenage sex, summer camp, teenage girl, erotica, female pubic hair, nudity, male pubic hair, public nudity, first love, love, shakespeare's romeo and juliet ...
Time:
20th century, year 1978, 70s
Place:
east germany, europe, central europe
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Family, Adventure, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia, East Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The film stars Libuse Safrankova as the title character, a young woman who is put upon by her stepmother and stepsisters. The film employs a twist, though, when a handsome prince comes knocking. Cinderella does not simply fall into the prince's ...
Style:
fairy tale, sweet, romantic, light, costume drama ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, pre-teens, date night
Plot:
cinderella, cinderella story, love and romance, fall in love, prince, evil stepmother, true love, beauty, wish come true, princess, fairy, young heroes ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages
Place:
central europe, czechoslovakia, german democratic republic, czech republic, east germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: East Germany
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
Shortly before the end of WWII: While he is fighting at the Eastern front, private Werner Holt looks back on his still young life – especially his long-time friendship with former classmate Gilbert Wolzow, who is now Werner′s commanding officer. ...
Plot:
german soldier, world war, male friendship, husband wife relationship, killing, trouble, morality, vigilantism, bravery, responsibility, obedience, gas ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: East Germany
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
The tale of young Gritta who lives with her father, an unsuccessful inventor. When her new stepmother tries to put her away in a convent she discovers some dark secrets there.
Style:
fairy tale, modern fairy tale
Audience:
kids
Plot:
tomboy, coming of age, rat, strong female character, runaway, children, monarchy, king, intrigue, runaway child, tough girl, first love ...
Time:
18th century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: East Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After the second World War, Dresden has a lot of reconstructing to do. To get the cigarette factory he once worked for running again, Kalle has to travel to Wittenberg - the only place where carbide can be found. Once there, Kalle find himself in ...
Style:
road movie
Plot:
fate, stealing, fugitive, agriculture, mishap, theft, egg, odyssey, renovation, police, singing, prison ...
Time:
post world war two
Place:
germany
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Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: East Germany
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Philipp is a small boy, who other guys pick on, because he's not as large as them. But when a musician gives him a magical flute, he can make objects bigger or smaller.
Style:
fairy tale, uplifting, whimsical
Audience:
kids
Plot:
wish fulfillment, children, self esteem, bullying, friendship, transformation, magic realism, coming of age, empathy, unhappiness, small town, nude young male ...
Time:
70s
Place:
west germany
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: East Germany
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Re-enacted true story of successful assault by Nazis, posing as Poles, on a German border radio station so that Hitler could "justify" thereby his invasion of Poland.
Plot:
world war two, radio station, third reich, fencing, nazi, false evidence, world war, task force, fight, commando, torture, mission ...
Time:
year 1939, pre world war two, year 1938, 1930s
Place:
munich germany, poland, berlin germany, prague, 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:
french revolution, napoleonic wars, biopic, home schooling, recovery, writers, revolutionary, friend, mental illness, fired from the job, friendship, sex ...
Place:
east germany, switzerland, german democratic republic, germany, frankfurt germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: East Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A socialist story of "atoms for peace" and compulsory labor in an East German uranium mine under Soviet control.
Style:
light, banned
Plot:
soviet army, mine, miner, uranium, bar fight, drunkenness, prostitute, wedding party, ex nazi, soviet soldier, labor leader, orphan ...
Time:
1940s, year 1949
Place:
berlin germany, east germany
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Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: East Germany
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Carola is a mischievous girl who doesn't care much for school- except for sports and recess, of course. Without her good friend Willi to keep her on the straight and narrow, she would really be in trouble. One day at school, Carola has an idea. ...
Style:
light hearted, humorous, whimsical, grotesque
Audience:
kids
Plot:
ghost, school, children, child protagonist, friendship, body swap, unhappiness, supernatural, pretense, imagination, possession, rescue mission ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: East Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Jonas and Ines are in love and want to spend their vacation together camping on the Baltic coast. But Ines’s narrow-minded parents intervene and insist that the young couple joins the family vacation. Problems arise, so everyone ends up traveling ...
Style:
road movie, freeze frame, crying
Audience:
kids
Plot:
female nudity, nudity, male full rear nudity, on the road, socialist, hippie, hitchhiker, socialism, family vacation, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, train ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
berlin germany, bulgaria, europe, german democratic republic, east germany ...
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: East Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The 1968 East German film Heißer Sommer brought six million East Germans into the theaters and today is regarded as one of the greatest DEFA films. Actors Frank Schobel and Chris Doerk were made famous from the film.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
youth, singing, cold war, summer, holiday, teenage crush, summer camp, couples, disorder, friends, beach, love triangle ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
german democratic republic, europe, germany
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Genre: Western, Drama
Country: East Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An Indian village is attacked by the American army. The Indians are cruelly killed. One of the soldiers called Harmonika is disgusted by the murders of the innocent women and children. He decides to leave the army. He goes to live with the Indians ...
Style:
historical drama, spaghetti western, tense, bleak, melancholic
Plot:
native american, native, violent, brutality, massacre, redemption, empathy, colonialism, desertion, ethnic cleansing, racial tension, imperialism ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
colorado
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: East Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Chingachgook, a Mohawk-born Delaware warrior, strives to rescue his wife Wahtawah from the clutches of an enemy camp of Huron. Joined by his trusted huntsman Deerslayer, the two confront racist pioneers and brutal British soldiers in their quest. ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, intense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
old west, indian war, native, native american, massacre, heroism, rivalry, danger, escapades, unlikely partners, heroes, daughter ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
east germany, german democratic republic, germany
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: East Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The merchant's daughter Constanze, begs her father to ask a lion for a favor. Her father approaches the lion who agrees to his request with one condition: that he send the first person he meets upon his return home to the lion's den. It is ...
Style:
fairy tale
Audience:
kids
Plot:
girl, mother, stop motion, prince, dog, singing, marriage, baby, raft, wind, lion, sun ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Romania, East Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The movie is based on a true story from the end of WWI, in Transylvania. A nobleman who owned some land in Transylvania returns home to find a part of his fortune burned to ashes during late 1918 when power was trasfered from AustroHungary to ...
Style:
historical drama, bleak, dramatic, tense, melancholic ...
Plot:
world war one, revenge, baron, tragedy, military officer, post war, conflict, justice, massacre, class conflict, nobility, moral dilemma ...
Time:
year 1918
Place:
transylvania, romania, east germany
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Western
Country: East Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the middle of the 18th Century, the Ruster family immigrates to the United States. The father, a former farm laborer, leads a hard life as a settler along with his family. One day the nine year-old George, his second-youngest son, is kidnapped by ...
Style:
historical drama, poignant, melancholic, art house
Audience:
kids
Plot:
boy, coming of age, native american, skinny dipping, kidnapping, colonial america, child protagonist, identity crisis, assimilation, cultural conflict, colonization, survival ...
Time:
18th century
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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, aging, one day, communism, socialism, retirement, generation gap, working class, factory, self fulfillment, professional rivalry, job ...
Place:
east germany, german democratic republic
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