German History Movies

Prejudices, ignorance, and racism still leave their mark on the everyday life of black Germans, respectively Europeans, until today. How do...

The film talks about the rise and fall of the two most influential protagonists in GDR-politics. In succession, over long stretches even together,...

At Hotel Astoria, the former hotspot of Leipzig, guests were served champagne and turtle soup while the Stasi listened in. Animated memories from...

After numerous military operations, Major Müller can't find a way back into civilian life. Following his urge to communicate, the Major is...

Documentary film with play scenes about the rise and fall of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic in 1919 from the perspective of various...

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...

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...

Political satire about the billion-euro loan to the GDR in 1983, which was arranged by Franz-Josef Strauß and Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski to...

Documentary about the end of the regency of Kaiser Wilhelm II., Germany's last emperor.

An aspiring young politician named Willy Brandt wants to become German Chancellor, but the current Chancellor Konrad Adenauer wants to prevent this...

In 1941, a Jewish woman on the run with forged papers involuntarily shares a train compartment with a German officer.

TV-Documentary on German history