Anyone who has seen Pastewka might expect that this comedian could never get married without a few disastrous events standing in his way...

This is an animated version of the tragic poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, set to music in the 19th century by composer Franz Schubert.

Smuggling items to relatives who had left Berlin was a difficult mission. At the same time, it often seemed difficult to completely comprehend how high the stakes would be.

Outside of the classroom, the students who travelled to the West for school were confronted with important life decisions and their consequences.

Tough decisions had to be made as the future became more and more uncertain. Even the annual class trip required students living in the East to travel separately.

Magicians Andreas and Christian Ehrlich are interviewed about their childhood and their rise to fame.

On the way back from their class trip, the students already have the feeling that their lives will never be the same again.

Cettina and Giada take us on a shopping tour of a local Christmas market and interview the various venders.

As the first incarnation of the Berlin Wall went up, the students and their families scrambled to make quick decisions.

Cettina and her daughter make a remarkable discovery at the Christmas market: a stand selling chocolate in the shapes of various tools.

After the border had officially been closed, the students were separated and often didn't know if their friends on the other side were OK. Luckily, a few letters got through.

In a collage of historical reenactment and original interviews, this film looks at the assassination attempts made on Hitler towards the end of World War II.

The restrictions placed on residents of both West and East Berlin intensifies to the point where the classmates aren't even actually allowed to have contact.

The Ehrlich brothers talk about their experiences meeting other magicians abroad and perform one trick for the audience.

Rüdiger and Bärbel attempt to escape into West Berlin, but it doesn't go according to plan.