Mdr Movies

In 1987, a small film distributor from Frankfurt/Main brings the film "Dirty Dancing" to West German cinemas against all negative odds. The film becom...

It was a foundational myth of the GDR that it was anti-fascist and free of Nazis. But was that really the case? The film takes a critical look on the...

Four female politicians with East German backgrounds - Anke Domscheit-Berg, Manuela Schwesig, Yvonne Magwas and Frauke Petry - analyse German history...

Between love madness, scandals, intrigue and happiness - the stories of German princesses on the Russian tzar's throne were shaped by strokes of fate....

The film shows how strong women took up the fight against social injustice and for their own rights and how the uprising of 1525 changed people's live...

The river Oder: A historical and cultural land-scape churned again and again by the tide of events of the past century. A tale told in concentric circ...

In this German political drama, an ex-Stasi agent encounters an old friend whom he may have betrayed after his friend tried to escape East Germany. Th...

Nana Mouskouri is the voice of the century. An internationally renowned personality and artist who seems to be eternally young. Her trademark: timeles...

In 1989, thirteen GDR scientists and technicians set off from East Berlin to the Georg Forster research station in the Antarctic. During their expedit...

The market regulates everything! Diligence and work create prosperity! Capitalism needs growth! What is the truth behind the great principles of capit...

Martin Greenfield learned to sew while mending shirts for the Gestapo in Auschwitz and went on to make suits for U.S. presidents and stars. Now, at 95...

As a nun, Katharina von Bora lives the life destined for her until she comes into contact with a completely new world of thought in the early 20s thro...

The actors Martin and Maria have not been a couple for a long time, but they didn't get very far without each other. While he spends his time with alc...

The ambitious business consultant and single father Edgar Strack is desperately trying to reconcile family and work needs. Alone: ​​He does not succee...

Primary school teacher Sabine Schuster suffers a sudden stroke during a theatre rehearsal with her pupils. Doctors are able to save her life in hospit...

In this docudrama Rosa von Praunheim looks into Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s sexual orientation, especially into his erotic experiences during his tra...