Kurt Maetzig

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First Spaceship on Venus
4.5

First Spaceship on Venus

Feb. 26, 1960

First Spaceship on Venus

A mysterious magnetic spool found during a construction project is discovered to have originated from Venus. A rocket expedition to Venus is ...
Girls in Gingham
6.5

Girls in Gingham

Jul. 08, 1949

Girls in Gingham

A moving saga focusing on the women in a family that spans three generations and almost 70 years of German history, from the Wilhelmine period ...
Castles and Cottages
7.1

Castles and Cottages

Feb. 09, 1957

Castles and Cottages

Lifelong hard work for the count makes the servant Anton a cripple. Everybody calls him Crooked Anton. When, after the end of the war, the land ...
Unity SPD – KPD
4.8

Unity SPD – KPD

May. 01, 1946

Unity SPD – KPD

Documentary about the merging of the Communist Party of Germany and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in the Soviet occupation zone, a merger ...
Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class
6.5

Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class

This film is the first of a two-part historical and biographical portrait of the communist politician and anti-fascist Ernst Thälmann. In early ...
Council of the Gods
6.8

Council of the Gods

May. 12, 1950

Council of the Gods

Based on testimony from the Nuremberg Trials, this East German drama explores the collusion between international corporations and Nazi ...
Das Lied der Matrosen
6.3

Das Lied der Matrosen

Nov. 09, 1958

Das Lied der Matrosen

A film about the historical uprising of the seamen in Kiel: During the Russian October Revolution of 1917, German and Russian soldiers start to ...
Marriage in the Shadows
7.1

Marriage in the Shadows

Oct. 03, 1947

Marriage in the Shadows

Set during the rise of the Nazi regime, Elisabeth Maurer and Hans Wieland enjoy successful careers as actors in Berlin. Confident in her career, ...
The Rabbit Is Me
7.1

The Rabbit Is Me

Oct. 25, 1965

The Rabbit Is Me

The Rabbit Is Me was made in 1965 to encourage discussion of the democratization of East German society. In it, a young student has an affair ...