In the late 1950s, Sebastian Fußberg (Franciszek Pieczka) travels through the country performing traditional puppet shows. Although the old man is a dreamer and idealist at heart, he cannot come to terms with the shadows of his past in a concentration camp.
This documentary traces the development of the model socialist village of Mestlin in Mecklenburg, beginning with the founding of the first agricultural production cooperative in 1952 until its organization as a people's collective in 1960.
May 8, 1945: WWII is over. Dresden is in ruins. But where are the 2200 paintings by artists such as Rembrandt, Raphael, Rubens, Giorgione, and Vermeer van Delft from the Old Masters Picture Gallery?
This film follows the development of the GDR's planned economy from its beginnings to its failure. Germany was a trophy in the struggle between the new powers after two world wars.
Following WWII, the Western Allies imposed strict restrictions on the building of new ships in both Germanys.