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East German Cinema Blog

A Blog About the Films of East Germany

Category: Concentration Camps

What Should I Watch?

A guide to what to watch while your stuck at home during the pandemic. Here are a few you East German films with English subtitles that are…… Read more “What Should I Watch?”

March 12, 2020March 28, 2020 by Jim Morton

The Condemned Village

If you look up The Condemned Village (Das verurteilte Dorf) on Wikipedia (either the English or the German version) you’ll find it described as a “propaganda film.”…… Read more “The Condemned Village”

November 15, 2019November 15, 2019 by Jim Morton

Held for Questioning

The backstory of Held for Questioning (Der Aufenthalt) is the story of a film that was made against all odds, by a director that DEFA had, essentially,…… Read more “Held for Questioning”

March 5, 2019October 31, 2020 by Jim Morton

The Story of a Murder

The Story of a Murder (Chronik eines Mordes) begins during an event in Würzburg, where an attractive young woman meets with the newly-elected mayor and promptly shoots…… Read more “The Story of a Murder”

September 29, 2013February 18, 2017 by Jim Morton

Marriage in the Shadows

Like Stars and Jakob the Liar, Marriage in the Shadows (Ehe im Schatten) deals with the subject of anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany. Unlike those films, however, this…… Read more “Marriage in the Shadows”

February 17, 2012February 27, 2012 by Jim Morton

Jakob the Liar

There are a few East German films that, in spite of the political differences, are acknowledged as classics on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Stars, The…… Read more “Jakob the Liar”

November 11, 2011February 17, 2017 by Jim Morton

Somewhere in Berlin

The East German film studio, DEFA, was founded in May, 1946. During the first few years in post-war Germany, it was, literally, the only game in town.…… Read more “Somewhere in Berlin”

September 24, 2011February 17, 2017 by Jim Morton

Stars

For its first 25 years, two things kept the rest of the world from learning that East Germany was producing some of the best films in Europe.…… Read more “Stars”

April 4, 2011February 17, 2017 by Jim Morton

Sun Seekers

In 1947, the Soviets began mining operations in the Schlema Valley in the southeastern region of Saxony. They called their mining company “Wismut,” the German word for…… Read more “Sun Seekers”

March 25, 2011February 17, 2017 by Jim Morton

Your Unknown Brother

Your Unknown Brother takes place in 1935; many years before the GDR was established. Although it is ostensibly about the Nazi regime, the parallels to East Germany…… Read more “Your Unknown Brother”

December 29, 2010February 9, 2017 by Jim Morton

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