Movies and TvShows featuring "communist-bloc" theme.

German actor Peter van Eyck stars as Droste, a mild-mannered businessman who was an intelligence expert during World War II. When Droste runs into his old friend Baron Von Straub (Christopher Lee), the two rekindle a friendship that was interrupted by the war. However, when Von Straub asks Droste to deliver a small package to a friend in West Germany, the befuddled Droste is set up for a series of complicated spy games.

Crossing the Line is a documentary film that tells the story of a US soldier who defected to North Korea during the Korean War. The film explores his experiences living in a communist society and the propaganda surrounding the war.

Highly Dangerous is a thrilling action movie set during the Cold War era. An American journalist and a British scientist embark on a secret mission to a communist-bloc country. They face numerous obstacles including security fences, armed guards, and a dangerous searchlight. The protagonists must break into a research lab to steal a biological weapon and escape the clutches of the ruthless commandant. Along the way, they encounter torture, a manhunt, border guards, and a relentless chase. Will they be able to complete their mission and make it back to safety?

In October 1987, the documentary film collective Amber Films from Newcastle became the first British film crew ever allowed to shoot in East Germany. They filmed the workers of the state-owned fishing concern in Warnemünde and a brigade of crane operators at the state Warnow dockyards. Just two years later, East Germany was history, including most of the jobs it once provided. Twenty-five years later, in 2014, the filmmakers returned to an utterly different Rostock. They visited the people they had filmed in 1987. Together, documentarians and subjects look at excerpts from the earlier film, and talk about the enormous changes the men and women experienced, how they dealt with them, and how they feel today.

Follow Iron Maiden as they embark on their epic tour behind the Iron Curtain in 1985, performing in various cities in Poland and Hungary, defying the communist regime and inspiring rock music fans in the region.