1. Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century (Winston Churchill : Un géant dans le siècle)
A new look at the public and private life of one of the most important statesmen in the history of Europe: Winston Churchill , soldier, politician, writer, painter, leader of his country in the darkest hours, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, a myth, a giant of the 20th century.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
2. Will It Happen Again?
An account of Adolf Hitler's rise and fall, his relationship with Eva Braun and their days of leisure at the Berghof, their Bavarian residence.
3. DDR - die entsorgte Republik (DDR - die entsorgte Republik)
(DDR - die entsorgte Republik)
4. Merkel (Merkel – Macht der Freiheit)
Driven by extensive archive material and interviews with those who know her, this is the astonishing story of how a triple outsider – a woman, a scientist, and an East German – became the de facto leader of the “Free World”, told for the first time for an international audience.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
5. Als wir die Zukunft waren (Als wir die Zukunft waren)
Seven directors remember their childhood and youth; to the 50s and 60s in the GDR. They appear to be curious, vulnerable children and teenagers who also want to be cool . They live in well-adjusted or resistant families. Some only in half because their father left for the West. Depending on their family background, they want or should help build the new, better Germany.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
6. Die kalten Ringe (Die kalten Ringe)
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 supposed to become a symbol for a peaceful world. Especially the divided Germany is expected to prove this: By order of the IOC, both German states must participate in Tokyo with a joint team despite deep ideological rifts. The fact that athletes from both German states still had to compete against each other in order to form a joint team for the 1964 Olympic Games in Innsbruck and in Tokyo is all but forgotten. The film tells the story of the East-West German team of 1964 for the first time and is simultaneously a current document about the relation of sports and politics in international relations.
7. Spielball der Weltpolitik – Als Elten niederländisch wurde (Spielball der Weltpolitik – Als Elten niederländisch wurde)
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 demanded war reparations. Part of the annexed territories was also the small municipality of Elten. While the people of Elten were initially afraid of the occupation, the time “with Holland” actually became a miracle of prosperity and economy about which many people from Elten still rave today. The occupation period ended with the largest organized smuggling in the history of the federal republic of Germany. The Documentary shows this in never before released 8 mm footage!
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
8. Comrade Couture (Ein Traum in Erdbeerfolie)
This film undertakes a journey into the amazing parallel universe of East Berlin’s fashion designers and experts in the art of survival. For, in the midst of the constraints of life in the GDR, there existed a fantasy world where it was possible to dance to another tune, be individual and even provocative. The most important characteristic of this bohemian scene was one’s per- sonal style. But this certainly wasn’t something that could be bought off the peg in the GDR. In this parallel universe it was up to you to create your own individual image – with your own hands. This film tells the story of the desires, the passion and the dreams that were tried and tested, lived and performed in the shadow of the Berlin Wall.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
9. Hitler: The Comedy Years
A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
10. Stasi, un État contre son peuple (Stasi, un État contre son peuple)
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, thousands of documents were hastily shredded by the dreaded GDR political police. 16,000 bags filled with six million pieces of paper were found. Thanks to the meticulous work of technology, the destinies of men and women who had been spied on and recorded without their knowledge could be reconstructed.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
11. OstPunk! Too much Future (OstPunk! Too much Future)
Tells the story of punk in the GDR.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
12. Russen und Deutsche - Sieben historische Wendepunkte (Russen und Deutsche - Sieben historische Wendepunkte)
(Russen und Deutsche - Sieben historische Wendepunkte)
13. Caligari: When Horror Came to Cinema (Caligari — Wie der Horror ins Kino kam)
On February 26, 1920, Robert Wiene's world-famous film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. To this day, it is considered a manifesto of German expressionism; a legend of cinema and a key work to understand the nature of the Weimar Republic and the constant political turmoil in which a divided society lived after the end of the First World War.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
14. Karl Marx und seine Erben (Karl Marx und seine Erben)
(Karl Marx und seine Erben)
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
15. Woher kommst du eigentlich? Schwarze in Deutschland (Woher kommst du eigentlich? Schwarze in Deutschland)
Prejudices, ignorance, and racism still leave their mark on the everyday life of black Germans, respectively Europeans, until today. How do Afro-Germans deal with their history? Which colonial-racist patterns still shape our society today? With insights into various historic epochs, it is made clear that THE history of the Black people does not exist. And neither exists THE history of white people.
16. Hitler's Children (Enfant d'Hitler)
This exclusive documentary recounts the crazy project of Nazi Germany which secretly gave birth to Aryan children as far as France. In these maternities for the rich called the ‘Lebensborn’, the Nazis raised ‘perfect’ children born of progenitors from the SS and women with well defined racial grounds. This plan gave birth to thousands of children who were called ‘Hitler's Children’. They were supposed to lead the world one day. It wasn’t until 30 years later that the existence of one of these centers in France was discovered. For the very first time, the children born in the ‘Lesenborn’ in Lamorlaye find out about their existence and disclose one the most frightening plans of History, as well as the dark secret of their origins.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
17. Karl Marx City (Karl Marx City)
Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker take a powerfully personal journey through the former East Germany, as Epperlein investigates her father’s 1999 suicide and the possibility that he may have worked as a spy for the dreaded Stasi security service.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
18. Sintomático (Sintomático)
(Sintomático)
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
19. Le Temps des assassins (Le Temps des assassins)
(Le Temps des assassins)
20. Einmal Hooligan - immer Hooligan? (Einmal Hooligan - immer Hooligan?)
The documentary accompanies a group of soccer fans twice on a train ride to a soccer match - first in 1991 and then again in 2006. Have the fans learned something or are they still hooligans?