In 1989, before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, MI6 agent James Gasciogne is murdered by KGB agent Yuri Bakhtin, who steals a list of double agents. Lorraine Broughton, a top-level spy for MI6, is sent to Berlin to recover the list and assassinate Satchel, a double agent. She teams up with agent David Percival, but suspects he may be Satchel. As Lorraine uncovers the truth and faces betrayal, she must outwit her enemies to secure the list and complete her mission.
East Berlin, early 1980s: Ludger is hired by the Stasi to spy on the oppositional arts scene in Prenzlauer Berg. But when he falls in love with the mysterious Nathalie, he has to choose between a life as a celebrated underground poet and his career as a Stasi agent. A choice that will turn back on him 30 years later.
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 going.
Iran 1979. The Islamic Revolution is shaking up the country. Dissident Omid, who lived for several years in the German Democratic Republic with his wife, chemical engineer Beate and their mutual daughter, hears the call from his homeland and returns to Teheran with high hopes and best intentions, bringing along his family.
Jette and Johannes have been living together for two years when Johannes suggests that they "legalize" their relationship. Jette loves him, but the proposal of marriage terrifies her.
Sister Agnes helps in all situations and does not only make friends. She has just fallen out with the new mayor. The consequences leave an entire community upside down.
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 to the Bulgarian Black Sea on their own. Along the way, Jonas meets a beautiful Dutch girl who is going to India via Turkey…
On the 160-hectare grounds of the former Friedrichsfelde Palace Park, the Berlin Animal Park was established in the 1950s with the active support of the local population. In 1980, more than 7,800 animals from all continents live here. The film describes the foundation, the construction and the care of the animals in the extensive park.
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 other. But they want to dig a tunnel to Australia to meet there themselves again. When Jonas should leave the country with his mother this night changes everything.
In 1991 East Berlin, a teenage boy from a wealthy family falls in love with a girl from a lower-class background. As they navigate their forbidden romance, they also grapple with the challenges and changes of post-reunification Germany.
Becoming Black is a documentary film that delves into the life of Afro-Germans living in Berlin during the DDR regime. It highlights the challenges, struggles, and experiences of being a person of African descent in a predominantly white society. The film takes a closer look at the complex identity of Afro-Germans and uncovers their stories of resilience, activism, and cultural assimilation.
A punk documentary about the life and death of the GDR punk Dieter "Otze" Ehrlich and his band Schleimkeim aus dem Schweinestall. With the fall of the Wall, Otze loses not only his enemy images, but also his life at the price of freedom.