Thomas Plenert Movies

  • 1991
    Bulky Trash

    Bulky Trash

    Bulky Trash

    01991HD

    In early summer 1989, Helke Misselwitz portrays young musicians in a band who produce their music on other people’s waste items. The four boys...

    Bulky Trash
  • 2014
    Anderson

    Anderson

    Anderson

    62014HD

    Documentary about poet Sascha Anderson.

    Anderson
  • 1990
    Über die Grenzen

    Über die Grenzen

    Über die Grenzen

    01990HD

    Documentary filmmaker Paul Krewer follows his friend Thomas Ritter in the Peace Race, aiming to capture a winner’s story. When Ritter crashes...

    Über die Grenzen
  • 2007
    Elder Blossom

    Elder Blossom

    Elder Blossom

    6.32007HD

    The film tells the story of the East Prussian landscape and its inhabitants. At one time Germans, Poles, Lithuanians and Jews lived here alongside...

    Elder Blossom
  • 2014
    In Sarmatien

    In Sarmatien

    In Sarmatien

    42014HD

    Volker Koepp revisits locations and people from his earlier documentaries in the wide Eastern European region of Sarmatia.

    In Sarmatien
  • 1990
    The Wall

    The Wall

    The Wall

    5.251990HD

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

    The Wall
  • 1984
    Friedensfahrer

    Friedensfahrer

    Friedensfahrer

    01984HD

    Friedensfahrer
  • 2001
    Kurische Nehrung

    Kurische Nehrung

    Kurische Nehrung

    02001HD

    The "Curonian Spit" is a 98 kilometre long sand dune peninsula that separates the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea. The width of the spit between...

    Kurische Nehrung
  • 1997
    Das 7. Jahr – Ansichten zur Lage der Nation

    Das 7. Jahr – Ansichten zur Lage der Nation

    Das 7. Jahr – Ansichten zur Lage der Nation

    01997HD

    Das 7. Jahr – Ansichten zur Lage der Nation
  • 1993
    Die Wismut

    Die Wismut

    Die Wismut

    41993HD

    Documentary about the impact of uranium mining in East Germany.

    Die Wismut
  • 1986
    Blond Tango

    Blond Tango

    Blond Tango

    01986HD

    For five years Rogelio, a Chilean exile, has been in the GDR, where he works as a lighting technician at a theater. Though his colleagues try to make...

    Blond Tango
  • 2008
    Memelland

    Memelland

    Memelland

    02008HD

    Documentary about the region next to the river Memel.

    Memelland
  • 1998
    The Master Game

    The Master Game

    The Master Game

    6.31998HD

    At the Vienna Art Academy in 1994, an unidentified person painted over 27 works by Austrian painter Arnulf Rainer. Rainer had become world-famous for...

    The Master Game
  • 2016
    Als wir die Zukunft waren

    Als wir die Zukunft waren

    Als wir die Zukunft waren

    62016HD

    Seven directors remember their childhood and youth; to the 50s and 60s in the GDR. They appear to be curious, vulnerable children and teenagers who...

    Als wir die Zukunft waren
  • 1984
    Sylvia

    Sylvia

    Sylvia

    01984HD

    The film shows the concentrated faces of a brigade of women above the microscopes, the sudden bursts of laughter, the familiar conversations during...

    Sylvia
  • 1989
    Who's Afraid of the Bogeyman

    Who's Afraid of the Bogeyman

    Who's Afraid of the Bogeyman

    01989HD

    Portrait of a private coal company in East Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district in 1988/89. The feisty woman boss runs the business with humour and...

    Who's Afraid of the Bogeyman
  • 1984
    Shunters

    Shunters

    Shunters

    7.11984HD

    A shunter's job is to slow down, link, and unlink train wagons at a central station. The film documents - without any commentary - the working hours...

    Shunters
  • 2019
    Beauty & Decay

    Beauty & Decay

    Beauty & Decay

    02019HD

    Sven Marquardt might be the most famous bouncer worldwide. But beside standing in front of the legendary techno club Berghain in Berlin, he is also a...

    Beauty & Decay
  • 2008
    First Leipzig Autumn Salon

    First Leipzig Autumn Salon

    First Leipzig Autumn Salon

    02008HD

    In 1984, the “First Leipzig Autumn Salon” took place – a risk and a caesura for Dammbeck. Bypassing every state institution, six...

    First Leipzig Autumn Salon
  • 2024
    Sonntagskind - Die Schriftstellerin Helga Schubert

    Sonntagskind - Die Schriftstellerin Helga Schubert

    Sonntagskind - Die Schriftstellerin Helga Schubert

    9.52024HD

    The remarkable 83-year-old Helga Schubert lives in the remote landscape between Schwerin and Wismar. Her days are filled with the loving care of her...

    Sonntagskind - Die Schriftstellerin Helga Schubert