Erich Honecker

Born: 1912-08-25

Erich Honecker was a German politician who, as the General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party, led the German Democratic Republic from 1971 until 1989.


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Alles Lüge

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1992-04-09

Erich Kasulke and Rudolf Portmann are comedian stars of the former GDR. When the Wall falls, so...

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Stasi FC

as Self (Archive Footage)
Released: 2025-03-27

Tracing a decade of East German football, survivors of the Cold War tell a story of betrayal,...

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This Ain't California

as Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Released: 2012-08-15

A retrospective look at the youth cultures born in the German Democratic Republic. A celebration...

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Stasi, un État contre son peuple

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2021-10-03

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, thousands of documents were hastily shredded by the dreaded...

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Waiting for Fidel

as Self
Released: 1975-11-14

This feature-length documentary from 1974 takes viewers inside Fidel Castro's Cuba. A...

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Karl Marx und seine Erben

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2018-04-28

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Republic of Zambia

as Self
Released: 1979-01-01

Erich Honecker visits the Republic of Zambia

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The Cars We Drove into Capitalism

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2021-10-27

A cinematic, character-driven insight to what it meant to produce and to own a car in communist...

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Der Maler Willi Sitte - Ein Leben zwischen Kunst und Politik

as Self - Staatsratsvorsitzender der DDR
Released: 2021-11-14

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Palast der Republik – Haus des Volkes

as uncredited
Released: 1976-01-10

A documentary about the planning and construction of the Palace of the Republic, Berlin.

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Return to Dresden

as Self - Addresses Peace Activists
Released: 1986-01-01

In 1945, Great Britain and the United States organized a bombing raid that devastated the...

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Tagesschau

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 1952-12-26

German daily news program, the oldest still existing program on German television.

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Tagesschau

as Self
First aired: 1952-12-26

German daily news program, the oldest still existing program on German television.

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Terra X History

as Self (Archive)
First aired: 2000-10-29

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Days That Shook the World

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 2003-11-01

Days That Shook the World is a British documentary television series that premiered on BBC Two...

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Fatal News

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 2016-02-06

West Germany, 1987. The politician Uwe Barschel (1944-87), member of the Christian Democratic...

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