Heimatkunde

A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions...

25 years after Erich Honecker's death, his personal secretary in Chile gives MDR an exclusive insight into the family's private archive. The material...

Bosom buddies BeV StroganoV, Ovo Maltine, Ichgola Androgyn and Tima die Göttliche are four Berlin drag queens who met in the mid 1980s. These...

A documentary on the late American entertainer Dean Reed, who became a huge star in East Germany after settling there in 1973.

In 2016, DEFA celebrates its 70th anniversary: the film embarks on a journey into the exciting film history of the GDR. In a comprehensive...

In the documentary Last To Know political prisoners, sent to jail for openly opposing the East German regime that existed until the German...

Journey with the musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic and their conductor Sir Simon Rattle on a breakneck concert tour of six metropolises across...

The life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who survived the Nazi reign as a trans woman and helped start the German gay liberation movement....

This documentary explores the creation of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin as designed by architect Peter Eisenman. Reaction of the German public to...

Short biographical documentary about the life of Alfred Florstedt and his life as a progressive communist from the Weimar Republic to his death in...

In the 1960s, a white couple living in East Germany tells their dark-skinned child that her skin color is merely a coincidence. As a teenager, she...

The intricate history of UFA, a film production company founded in 1917 that has survived the Weimar Republic, the Nazi regime, the Adenauer era and...

Hosted by one-time M*A*S*H guest star Shelley Long, “Memories of M*A*S*H” included brand-new interviews with the cast as well as...

Documents the remodeling of the Ostbahnhof in Berlin Friedrichshain into the central station of the GDR.

The incredible story of Bruno Lüdke (1908-44), the alleged worst mass murderer in German criminal history; or actually, a story of forged files...

A documentary where the cast meet 20 years after the series started (filmed at the peak covid-19 outbreak) they do a readthrough of the first episode

As a memorial to George Harrison on the first anniversary of his passing, The Concert for George was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 29...

Documentary/Sequel to 1960 adaptation of "The Time Machine"

The free, almost naive view from the perspective of a child puts the "68ers" in a new, illuminating light in the anniversary year 2008. The film is a...

Documentary about the life in Berlin in 1941. The planned premier was stopped by the national party due to the damages and painful changes to the...