Under the guidance of their captain Ulzana, the Mimembros built an irrigation system and made their patch of desert fertile. Now they can live independently of the businessmen in Tucson.
In 1956 the popular car models Trabant and Wartburg were almost ready for mass production. A test drive of various GDR automobiles in Egypt serves as the impulse for this short documentary portrait of the North African country.
A dreadful secret binds innkeepers Abel and Ursula Hradscheck together. When Szulski, a debt collector from Krakow, arrives one day, unusual events begin to happen.
This black and white documentary film presents the post-war political climate of the time through an effective combination of film, text, and music.
Scenes from an East German marriage. A young couple, Sonya and Jens, are very much in love. They get married and have a child. When Sonya wants to go back to work after her maternity leave, they clash for the first time; Jens insists that she remain a full-time wife and mother.
For Franz, life is a series of pitfalls. But maybe true love can change things? Franz sees his ideal woman on the tram and searches the whole town for her.
This slapstick comedy is set in Berlin when the city was an enormous construction site.
Famous GDR jazz singer Uschi Brüning works on her first record at the Amigo Studio; she is working on the song “Manchmal” (“Sometimes”), for which Günther Fischer wrote the music.