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.
The film talks about the rise and fall of the two most influential protagonists in GDR-politics. In succession, over long stretches even together, Ulbricht and Honecker determined the course of the GDR, of course without ever getting out of being a satellite state to the big brother in Moscow. The film looks for the caesura and crucial points in the power game between Ulbricht and Honecker.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The crew of a small Saßnitz fisherman has problems with the "making a cultural socialist life". In order not to lose the competition prize again in the future, they want to show the organizer a collective weekend with all the trimmings. And they really do not mind ...