Movies and TvShows featuring "east-german" theme.

MI6 agent James Bond is sent to recover a microchip and uncover a plot by an industrialist to destroy Silicon Valley and dominate the microchip market. Along the way, James Bond encounters a psychopathic owner of a horse racing company, a genetically engineered Nazi experiment, and a KGB connection. With the help of allies and a love interest, Bond must prevent the catastrophic plan and bring the villain to justice.

In The International, an Interpol agent investigates a global financial conspiracy involving a powerful bank. As he digs deeper, he uncovers a web of corruption, money laundering, and murder. With his life in danger, he must stop the bank from manipulating world events and bring those responsible to justice.

Friendship! is a movie based on a true story set in the German Democratic Republic. It follows the journey of two young friends as they embark on a road trip across the United States in search of the protagonist's long-lost father. Along the way, they encounter various challenges, including a police control, a visit to a gay bar, and a stay at a motel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The movie explores themes of friendship, love, and the impact of the Berlin Wall.

In Sun Alley, a teenage girl growing up in East Berlin's Neukölln neighborhood faces the challenges of becoming an adult while dealing with border crossings, lost passports, school dances, and a group of friends. With dreams of becoming an actress, she navigates through the complexities and absurdities of life in the German Democratic Republic.

It's 1989 in East Berlin: Suzie is kicked out of school shortly before she graduates from high school and has to defend herself as a worker in the cable factory. However, a randomly taken photo leads her to the fashion world of the GDR. The editor-in-chief Elsa Wilbrodt put her on the cover of Sibylle, the fashion magazine of the GDR. In the Berlin underground scene she made the acquaintance of the gay fashion designer Rudi and the photographer Coyote. Suzie must decide if she's brave enough to leave the old strands behind forever.

In the midst of East Germany's societal challenges, a young woman struggles with alienation and exclusion. She faces various obstacles including a difficult relationship, a pregnancy, and encounters with the police. As she deals with loneliness and tries to find her place in society, she explores themes of love, outsider status, and Jewish identity.

After spending his whole life working as a miner in a small German town, Schultze is forced into retirement. With nothing to do, he starts playing his accordion and discovers zydeco music. Intrigued by the sound, Schultze becomes obsessed with this newfound passion and decides to travel to Louisiana, the birthplace of zydeco, in search of adventure and fulfillment. Along the way, he encounters various eccentric characters and experiences the joys and challenges of being a stranger in a strange land.

During the Cold War, an undercover agent from MI6 is sent to East Germany to investigate a suspected leak of information from a missile site. As he digs deeper into the mission, he discovers a complex web of political intrigue, betrayal, and dangerous secrets.

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 make the acquaintance of West-German friends Arne and Nico. The holiday flirt soon turns serious when Doreen and Arne fall in love. As the end of their stay approaches, Arne asks the inseparable sisters to flee to the West with him…

"Kruso" tells of the last summer before the Wall came down on the small island of Hiddensee in the Baltic Sea. Beyond state-organized tourism, the isolated island became a kind of artist colony every year and a place of longing for dropouts and alternatives. Due to its proximity to Denmark, Hiddensee was also the starting point for the flight across the Baltic Sea.

Combining fictional and documentary modes, the film takes a critical stance toward Frankfurt's public sphere and urban redevelopment. Despite the serious formal and political concerns of the film, Kluge's heightened sense of the absurd safeguards a reserve of utopian optimism.