Highest-Rated Movies about 'East Germany'

The Lives of Others (2006), 89 (2017), Never Look Away (2018), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), Good Bye Lenin! (2003), The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1965), This Ain't California (2012), November Days (1992) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best East Germany movies.

#16. Night People (1954)

Storyline: Post WWII yarn about a young GI abducted by the Soviets in West Berlin and hauled off to the East. His recovery gets complicated as Colonel Steve Van Dyke (Peck) tries to sort out the usefulness of informants, spies, bureaucrats, and the abductee's influential father (Crawford)!—Corey Hatch

Plot Keywords: spy, cold war, berlin, military, kidnapping, rescue, america ...

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#17. Night Crossing (1981)

Storyline: In 1978, in East Germany, two families, the Strelzyks and the Wetzels, make plans to escape the Communist East and flee to the West. Peter Strelzyk comes up with a daring idea to construct a homemade air balloon big enough to carry the two families across the East-West militarized border. The border between East and West Germany is heavily militarized, complete with watch towers, guard dogs, barbed-wire, alarms, sensors, search lights, and patrols. Rumors have it that some areas of the militarized border are mined. The only chance of crossing the border is by air. The Strelzyks and the Wetzels commence their risky venture by purchasing lots of taffeta fabric and sewing it together with a sewing machine in the attic. Peter Strelzyk builds an experimental homemade hot air balloon burner. In 1979 when the balloon is ready Peter and his son test it, but the Wetzel family becomes hesitant. The Strelzyks decide to go alone, but bad weather causes the balloon to crash inside the Communist zone. The Strelzyks leave the crash area, but the incriminating evidence litters the ground. They wonder if they will be able to evade the ensuing Police investigation and whether they will be able to build another balloon for their next attempt. They also are determined to persuade the Wetzel family to maybe join them in their second try. That is, if the East German Communist secret Police, the Stasi, won't get to them first.—nufs68

Plot Keywords: adventure, drama, history, true story, cold war, escape, family ...

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#18. Gotcha! (1985)

Storyline: Jonathan plays a game called Gotcha in which he hunts and is hunted by other students with paint guns. After a big win, he goes off for a vacation in France where he meets the sexy Sasha who says she is only interested in him because he is a virgin. She takes him with her to East Germany where they are separated and he has to escape back to the west on his own, all the while being trailed by East German spies. He arrives home only to find the game is still going on, and a canister of film is in his backpack. Then Sasha re-appears.—John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>

Plot Keywords: action, comedy, adventure, spy, campus, cold war, prank ...

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#19. Manifesto (1988)

Storyline: In 1920, in Central Europe, the tyrannical king of an Empire is visiting the small town of Waldheim. While a group of revolutionaries plot to kill the despotic king, his oppressive secret service, leaded by Avanti, and the police force, leaded by Police Chief Hunt, organize his reception. Svetlana Vargas, a member of a bourgeois family and abused by her employee Emile, is in charge to organize the attempt against the king.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: political, historical, revolution, communism, ideology, propaganda, documentary ...

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#20. Checkpoint (1956)

Storyline: Stanley Baker's character is sent by his British employer to persuade an Italian racing car designer to defect. His visit to the Italian factory goes horribly wrong and many are killed. His employer devises a daring scheme to get him safely out of the country.—pete bond

Plot Keywords: war, drama, history, military, cold war, spy, suspense ...

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