Matinee Saxon State Archive: So Comrades, Come Rally! The GDR in Solidarity

Films

Moskauer Mosaik [Ausschnitt]

Filmstill Moscow Mosaic [excerpt]
Moskauer Mosaik [Ausschnitt]
Alfred Dorn
GDR
Matinee Saxon State Archive
In the summer of 1957, the talented amateur filmmaker Alfred Dorn travelled to Moscow for the 6thWorld Youth Games and wandered the Soviet metropolis with his camera in amazement.

Por la Vida

Filmstill Por la Vida
Por la Vida
collective
Chile
Matinee Saxon State Archive
A contemporary documentary from Chile about the 1970 presidential election campaign, in support of the candidate Salvador Allende, who was to become world-famous.

Tania in Berlin [Ausschnitt]

Filmstill Tania in Berlin [excerpt]
Tania in Berlin [Ausschnitt]
Heinz Thomas
GDR
Matinee Saxon State Archive
After the military coup against Salvador Allende’s socialist government in September 1973, around 2,000 selected Chileans fled to the GDR where they were granted political asylum.

Solidarität in Aktion

Filmstill Solidarity in Action
Solidarität in Aktion
collective
GDR
Matinee Saxon State Archive
In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the GDR explicitly supported the UN Partition Plan at first, only to adopt an increasingly one-sided position from 1965 onwards.

Der Schoß ist fruchtbar noch, aus dem das kroch

Filmstill The Womb He Crawled from Still Is Going Strong
Der Schoß ist fruchtbar noch, aus dem das kroch
Josef Hovorka
GDR,
Czechoslovakia
Matinee Saxon State Archive
Even after 1945, the Jewish resistance against the persecution and murder of the Jews in Europe by the Germans during the Second World War is not present in the collective memory.

Der neue Präsident

Filmstill The New President
Der neue Präsident
collective
GDR
Matinee Saxon State Archive
In 1945, US President Harry S. Truman authorised the dropping of two nuclear bombs on Japan. In 1969, this amateur movie recalls this decision in a drastic montage of contrasts.

Vietnam ist nicht allein

Filmstill Vietnam Is Not Alone
Vietnam ist nicht allein
collective
GDR
Matinee Saxon State Archive
Four GDR citizens, among them the artist Willi Sitte, explain their reasons for supporting Vietnam by a variety of means.

[Sierra Leone]

Filmstill [Sierra Leone]
[Sierra Leone]
unknown
GDR
Matinee Saxon State Archive
Young people from the GDR and Sierra Leone meet away from well-rehearsed gestures and diplomatic protocols. The guests preserve their independence in both senses of the word.

Festival war überall

Filmstill The Festival Was Everywhere
Festival war überall
collective
GDR
Matinee Saxon State Archive
With the participation of several company and amateur film associations, the film accompanies a trip to Leipzig by delegations from 40 countries on the occasion of the 10thWorld Youth Games in Berlin.

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