Berlin Wall Movies

Four directors - four styles - four episodes, all relating the events of a single night which has entered the history books: August 12-13, 1961....

On August 13th, 1961 - the night that the Berlin Wall goes up - three people must make a decision that will change their lives forever.

For 50 years, Berlin was the symbol of the Cold War. The city at the heart of the intelligence war between the US and the Soviet bloc. Thousands of...

East-Berlin, 1980. Two sisters, one professional fleeing assistant and one soldier. And an escape that could go either way...

In August 1961, a few railway cars and barbed wire divided East Germany from West. It was a barrier that would be extended and become increasingly...

A documentary about the deconstruction of the Berlin Wall which makes no use of vocal commentary but instead focuses on visual elements. From the...

Documentary that explore the origins and demise of the notorious Berlin Wall, the structure's affect on ordinary German lives and the peaceful end to...

Filmed in Berlin, July 1990. Images of workers taking down the wall and street peddlers selling pieces of it to make a living. From the cycle of...

The untold story about wild rabbits which lived between the Berlin Walls. For 28 years Death Zone was their safest home. Full of grass, no predators,...

A documentary focusing on the rebuilding projects in Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

In an isolated world, one man pursues the woman of his dreams. Alone reveals the story of Peter Shipke, a quiet man with a haunted past who earns his...

On 3 October 1990 DDR stopped existing as a state and became the Federal Republic of Germany. The past had been overturned. The new had not yet taken...

In 1986, Ross McElwee (Sherman's March) and Marilyn Levine were making a film about the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall, when the imposing...

Jonathan Stavleu explores, in a stream-of-consciousness video essay, the relationship people have with water and what happens when access to it is...

A documentary exploring the aftermath of the Berlin Wall's fall, the film features interviews in English and German with long-time residents and...

Documentary about the Berlin Wall.