Berlin Wall Movies

A long-term observation of the forgotten former “Gestapo grounds” in Berlin 1986-2013.

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

13 August 1961: the GDR closes the sector borders in Berlin. The city is divided overnight. Escape to the West becomes more dangerous every day. But...

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...

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...

“Liberty Train – Bürger’s Long Journey” sheds light on the events of the PEACEFUL REVOLUTION of 1989 from different...

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...

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,...

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

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...

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...

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...

Documentary about the Berlin Wall.

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

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...

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

A plea against the building of walls that divide and restrict freedoms through the animation of 102 graffiti by artists from around the world painted...