Movies and TvShows featuring "eastern-germany" theme.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, a former spy killer is set free and embarks on a revenge spree against the people who conspired to betray her.
An adventures of a Berlin family spending summer in haunted house.
After a botched assassination attempt, a retired spy is forced to go on the run and uncover a mole within the CIA. As he navigates a web of deception and danger, he must rescue hostages, evade capture, and ultimately confront his former allies in a thrilling showdown.
Rammstein in Amerika is a documentary that follows the influential German heavy metal band, Rammstein, as they embark on a journey to America. The film explores their rise to fame, the challenges they faced, and their impact on the music scene. Through interviews, concert footage, and behind-the-scenes moments, viewers get an intimate look at the band's journey and the cultural significance of their music.
In the midst of the Cold War, a commander stationed on the border of East and West Germany engages in a relentless feud with his counterpart in the opposing army. As tensions escalate, the two soldiers test their limits in a battle of wills that threatens to ignite a larger conflict.
After losing his job, Thomas returns to his hometown and befriends a wealthy couple. However, as he becomes entangled in their troubled marriage, he finds himself drawn into a murder plot.
1949. Grafenberg in Brandenburg shortly before the foundation of the GDR. Here lives Michel Hollmann and works in roadmaking. His purpose in life are his wife Lotte and the two children Gerda and Heinz, for whom he is reconstructing a summerhouse into a “nest”. In Grafenberg, his siblings are living as well: His brother Karl, the mayor, and sister-in-law Edith, who works in a textile factory, with their son Jürgen. Edeltraut, his sister, has married the lamp fabricant Berthold Bennert and leads a well-off life. They as well have a son: Harald. Part of the family are further sister Hanna and brother-in-law Hermann, who is a fisherman on one of the local lakes and conducts a tenacious private war against old Stegewald and his presumptive prince-electoral rights. They are living their lives with their large and small conflicts, with different intentions, and yet remain connected always.
After receiving an unexpected inheritance, a family embarks on a road trip from Germany to the United States in their Trabant car, encountering various humorous situations along the way.
Driving Me Crazy is a comedy adventure film about a mad scientist who invents a super-speed car. He and his friend get into trouble when they use the car to escape from East Germany. The film follows their hilarious and thrilling adventures as they navigate through various obstacles and chase scenes.
Grill Point tells the story of a couple in their thirties who are facing a marriage crisis. He works as a dentist and is having an affair, while she is an astrology enthusiast. The movie follows their journey of reconciliation, friendship, falling in love, and dealing with the conflicts that arise in their relationship.
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero is a movie set in Germany during the year 1990, depicting the end of an era and the post-Cold War German reunification. The story revolves around the changes and challenges faced by the people of both West and East Germany during this crucial time.
OSTKREUZ tells the episodic story of 15-year-old Elfie, who literally and metaphorically inhabits a no-man’s-land between the two Germanies shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The film deploys a neorealist aesthetic to reinforce the difficulties confronting the girl, and by inference, Germany.
Eva Jensen is a female carpenter form Hamburg who wants to make a new start on the Baltic Sea coast in eastern Germany. She tries to buy a workshop with a view of the sea offered for sale by Heide, who rents out beach chairs. Unfortunately, Heide’s ex-husband vetoes the sale. In trying to understand his reasons, Eva comes across a painful family secret from the days of the GDR. And in other respects too, the newcomer from the West faces prejudice in the village, although her skills are urgently needed. Fish-seller Christian is also interested in the workshop, which Eva just sees as fair competition. Then they discover a common passion, kite-surfing, and unexpectedly grow closer.
In 'No More Mr. Nice Guy,' a soldier who becomes a skinhead finds himself on the run in Eastern Germany after deserting. He goes on a road trip with his brother, encountering various challenges and comedic situations along the way.
After a breakdown, Rita returns to her childhood village in 1961. As she recovers, she remembers the past two years: her love for the chemist Manfred, ten years her senior; how his enthusiasm about his new chemical process turned to bitter disappointment in the face of official rejection; how he escaped to West Berlin a few weeks before the Wall was built and hoped that she would follow him …
A young, naive and enthusiastic theater director named Kai comes to a grim provincial town to put on Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Although the lethargic theater company shows no interest in the play, his spirit remains undaunted.Meanwhile, it is fall 1989. The world is changing and somewhere, far away in the capital, a revolution is taking place and it seems that wishes might come true. Great hopes emerge in the little town and unexpected events overtake Kai's mutating production.
Set in the 1960s in East Germany, 'Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution' is a comedy that follows a dysfunctional family as they navigate life under communism. The story is centered around Mrs. Ratcliffe, a strong female lead, and her attempts to bring about change in her strained marriage and the oppressive regime.
How do you deal with right-wing extremists in the neighborhood? Exclude, tolerate or involve? Rural regions in particular are prone to infiltration by nationalist settlers. Right-wing extremists systematically penetrate village structures, pretending to be nice neighbors, committed citizens and problem solvers in a completely non-ideological way. Local volunteer fire brigades and football clubs are infiltrated by Nazis. Done among others in the village of Groß Krams in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where two right-wing extremists seem to be part of everyday village life. One of them works as a firefighter. In Appen, Schleswig-Holstein, the state chairman of the Hamburg NPD wanted to join the village's football club. But the club's management refused when they found out about the political background. The documentary by Hans Jakob Rausch illuminates the infiltration strategies of the extreme right and the difficult balance between tolerance and engagement against right-wing radicalism.