Tom Schilling, choreographer at the Komische Oper Berlin (Comedic Opera Berlin), made significant contributions to musical theater in the GDR through his style of realistic dance theater.

At the textile company, everyone appreciates the work of 18-year-old Susanne (Simone von Zglinicki), but nobody really considers her a woman—including Lutz, with whom she is in love.

A five-year-old girl suddenly appears on the doorstep of a well-to-do Hamburg family. The different members of the multi-generational, white household have different reactions to the arrival of Toxi, who is black, the daughter of an African-American G.I. and a German woman who has died.

Hobble Frank und Aunty Droll promised Indian chief White Bear to bring Little and Big Bear, his heirs, the map with the safeguarded treasure in the Silver Lake. But bandit chief Brinkley steals the map and plans to rob the treasure.

The title of this documentary is drawn from the final monologue of Goethe's Faust, in which the protagonist looks back on his life's work, saying, "The trace of my days on earth cannot disappear for eons."

Foreman Balla is the self-proclaimed king of a massive construction site. His co-workers stick close to him, like musketeers, as long as he makes sure they are paid.

A slightly melancholy tone drives this film, which shows Frank Beyer in a period of a contemplation and self-awareness. Beyer’s extensive filmography is viewed today as a greater reflection of DEFA and and even East Germany itself.

Martin Brandt (1903-1989), an unforgettable Jewish actor and former member of the Jewish Kulturbund Theater in Berlin, recites from Macbeth and Nathan the Wise, the play that opened the theater in October 1933.

The Fifth International Damascus Fair, at which the GDR also presented its products and inventions, provides the occasion for brief comments on the city's history, culture and industry.

This short documentary about quality products made in the GDR was commissioned by the East German Foreign Ministry.