German History Movies
- 2019
Karajan: Portrait of a Maestro
Karajan: Portrait of a Maestro72019HD
An account of the life and work of controversial German orchestra conductor Herbert von Karajan (1908-89), celebrated as one of the greatest...
- 2020
Hotel Astoria
Hotel Astoria02020HD
At Hotel Astoria, the former hotspot of Leipzig, guests were served champagne and turtle soup while the Stasi listened in. Animated memories from...
- 2022
Love, Deutschmarks and Death
Love, Deutschmarks and Death8.22022HD
Cem Kaya’s dense documentary essay celebrates 60 years of Turkish music in Germany. An alternative post-war history that is at the same time a...
- 2021
Woher kommst du eigentlich? Schwarze in Deutschland
Woher kommst du eigentlich? Schwarze in Deutschland02021HD
Prejudices, ignorance, and racism still leave their mark on the everyday life of black Germans, respectively Europeans, until today. How do...
- 1970
Pigeon
Pigeon01970HD
Set in Remies, France in 1941 during World War II, a Jewish man tries to escape Nazi persecution and a chance encounter with a woman sitting next to...
- 1970
Between the Lines
Between the Lines01970HD
In 1941, a Jewish woman on the run with forged papers involuntarily shares a train compartment with a German officer.
- 2021
Russen und Deutsche - Sieben historische Wendepunkte
Russen und Deutsche - Sieben historische Wendepunkte02021HD
- 2021
Die kalten Ringe
Die kalten Ringe02021HD
19 years after the dropping of atomic bombs in Japan, the Olympic Games of 1964 took place in Tokyo. In the midst of the cold war, the games are...
- 2021
Spielball der Weltpolitik – Als Elten niederländisch wurde
Spielball der Weltpolitik – Als Elten niederländisch wurde82021HD
It is an unknown chapter of the German post-war history: On April 23rd, 1949, the kingdom of the Netherlands occupied German soil as a pledge for...
- 2019
DDR - die entsorgte Republik
DDR - die entsorgte Republik62019HD
- 1990
Die Dichter und die Räterepublik
Die Dichter und die Räterepublik61990HD
Documentary film with play scenes about the rise and fall of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic in 1919 from the perspective of various...
- 2016
Nazi-Karrieren in der DDR?
Nazi-Karrieren in der DDR?02016HD
It was a foundational myth of the GDR that it was anti-fascist and free of Nazis. But was that really the case? The film takes a critical look on the...
- 2006
Wie konnte es geschehen? - Teil 1: "Deutschland erwache..." (1914 - 1938)
Wie konnte es geschehen? - Teil 1: "Deutschland erwache..." (1914 - 1938)02006HD
In 1945, 160 German cities lay in ruins and the loss of millions of lives, billions in material assets and countless cultural treasures was mourned...
- 2019
Avenging Evil
Avenging Evil82019HD
In 1946, just after the end of World War II, a secret organization of Holocaust survivors plans a terrible revenge: since the Nazis have killed...
- 2017
Der lange Abschied von der Kohle
Der lange Abschied von der Kohle02017HD
- 1999
Die Sekretäre
Die Sekretäre01999HD
The film talks about the rise and fall of the two most influential protagonists in GDR-politics. In succession, over long stretches even together,...
- 2007
Wilhelm II. - Die letzten Tage des deutschen Kaiserreichs
Wilhelm II. - Die letzten Tage des deutschen Kaiserreichs02007HD
Documentary about the end of the regency of Kaiser Wilhelm II., Germany's last emperor.
- 1989
Die Geburt der deutschen Nation: 1806-1849
Die Geburt der deutschen Nation: 1806-184901989HD
TV-Documentary on German history
- 1957
Die Bundesstrassen - Stiefkinder des Wirtschaftswunders
Die Bundesstrassen - Stiefkinder des Wirtschaftswunders01957HD
The mineral oil tax and its use are taken as an opportunity to examine the topics of road construction and motor vehicle traffic using the example of...
