At least twice, Germany has had among the most influential and important mainstream film industries in the world. First, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Graduate Group for German and Austrian Studies at the University at Buffalo will screen two gems of East German cinema on Oct. 16 as part of the national tour titled "Rebels ...

Kyle Frackman has collaborated with the DEFA Film Library at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, which will release the restored version of "Coming Out" on DVD, including curating the special ...

The new movie from the rising writer-director, shot in Sangerhausen, which explores "the alchemy of encounter" amid "a societal climate shifting to the right," debuted at Locarno and is now screening ...

BERLIN — Erwin Geschonneck, a German actor who spent years in Nazi concentration camps for his communist sympathies and went on to star in scores of East German films, died Wednesday, the country's ...

To the uninitiated, Princess Diana biopic “Spencer” might appear like the quintessential British film, albeit with a Chilean director and an American star. But it is, in fact, German, Simone Baumann, ...

While the West’s eyes were focused on Walter Ulbricht’s ugly Berlin wall, a greater, equally ugly wall was being built —almost unnoticed by the world—along the entire East-West German frontier. It ...

Contemporary works are casting a new light on sentimentality for Communism. By Evan Moffitt WHEN THE ARTIST Henrike Naumann first saw “The Flintstones” on TV, she thought it depicted what life was ...

West Berliners crowd in front of the Berlin Wall early 11 November 1989 as they watch East German border guards demolishing a section of the wall in order to open a new crossing point between East and ...

German Films is a limited company dedicated to the promotion of German movies worldwide, originally established in 1954. It offers advice and information for professional representatives in the film ...

Near the East German village of Wandlitz, nine miles to the east of Berlin, is a most unusual settlement. It is a walled-in compound of semi-forested land and wide lawns, within which sit some 20 ...