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Krieg oder Frieden

Krieg oder Frieden

2024 | 86 min | Documentary

The film tells the story of a planned transformation of the former military site in Wünsdorf into an ecological campus. Wünsdorf in Brandenburg was a military base for decades: first for the Prussians, then for the Wehrmacht, and finally for the Red Army. At the center of Elfi Mikesch's multifaceted essay is the pioneer of ecological urban development Ekhart Hahn, who, together with artists, is committed to a new, sustainable use of the site that above all serves the cause of peace. Is catharsis ...

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East of War

East of War

1996 | 112 min | Documentary

The testimonies of former Wehrmacht soldiers collected by Ruth Beckermann are still horrifying today.

Signs of War

Signs of War

2022 | 80 min | Documentary

To document the imment conflict in eastern Ukraine, photographer Pierre Crom traveled to the Donbass in 2014.

Just a Friday

Just a Friday

2022 | 26 min | Drama

When Germany surrenders in 1945, two reckless teenagers put their families' escape on the line to save their friendship.

Evolution of Violence

Evolution of Violence

2011 | 76 min | Documentary

Guatemala. The war ended long ago. Though people want to forget it, the violence continues, and it has spread throughout the society like cancer.

Im inneren Kreis

Im inneren Kreis

2017 | 83 min | Documentary

Iris P. was an undercover investigator who maintained close friendships and had intimate relationships with the people she spied on.

Metamorphoses

Metamorphoses

2013 | 84 min | Documentary

On the river Tetscha in the southern Urals, in the middle of nowhere between Europe and Asia, is the most radioactively contaminated area in the world

Mit dem Wort Wende

Mit dem Wort Wende

2009 | 3 min | Shorts

Filmmaker Juliane Henrich explores the term "Wende" (course change) by means of a speech by Christa Wolf, which she gave shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall at the Alexanderplatz in Berlin. A time-lapse recording of the Berlin television tower is intertwined with fragments of Wolf's speech on 04.11.1989. The writer called into question the term "Wende", which today is synonymous with the peaceful revolution of 1989, but it was actually SED Secretary General Egon Krenz who first spoke of a ...

Berlin Excelsior

Berlin Excelsior

2018 | 87 min | Documentary

The anonymous Berlin concrete building "Excelsior" is only a temporary stop for its residents, yet some have been living there for more than 50 years.

Frozen Conflict

Frozen Conflict

2018 | 60 min | Documentary

One of Europe's strangest borders lies between the Republic of Moldova and the de facto autonomous region of Transnistria.

Eva. S - Die Nationalistin

Eva. S - Die Nationalistin

2015 | 76 min | Love & Sex

A milieu study and existentialist drama about a prostitute who fluctuates between nationalism and socialism.

For the love of survival

For the love of survival

2019 | 86 min | Documentary

To prevent the ecological collapse of our planet, these 8 courageous people envision a new kind of agriculture.

Unsere Geschichten

Unsere Geschichten

2020 | 106 min | Documentary

Young people from the former border region use smartphones to film stories from their personal environment about the topic of German division.