Lieder machen Leute

What became of Hitler’s last array, born in 1928, visited 40 years later?

In 1986, 60% of all machine tools in the GDR were produced by WMW "Fritz Heckert" in Karl-Marx-Stadt. This documentary introduces some of the Heckert workers, especially the youth brigade around Detlef Kalweit.

A consciously modern depiction of working women in East Germany – labourers and managers in a garment factory talk about relationships and family planning, raising children and career qualifications, women’s rights and equality in the socialist (meritocratic) society. In conversations with a doctor, the women also have a chance to voice their personal concerns, as well as their feelings about the birth control pill, a subject that caused a stir at the time.

Documentary about a youth work brigade working on the construction of a tower block in Berlin-Marzahn

Documentary focuses on women farmers from the village of Worin. Even on International Women's Day, March 8, these women do not want to hand over responsibility for their animals to the men. Everyday observations are explored in depth in conversations with the LPG chairman Bernhard Grönert.

Entertainment in the GDR is the subject of this film, a wide field with many critical but also successful aspects. Examples from various kinds of entertainment are selected, to give an impression and interesting information about entertainment in the GDR, by whom it is made and by whom judged.