Deutsches Hygiene-Museum

The film sheds light on the topic of the high divorce rate among young people in the form of journalistic statements and scenes as well as analytically reflected statements and statements of experience by sociologist Dr. Ursula Hempel, divorced and single mother of two adolescent children, and her cousin, a puppeteer who is also divorced.

The only documentary ever made by DEFA on the topic of homosexuality was this public education film commissioned by the Hygiene Museum Dresden and produced in cooperation with East German gay and lesbian activists. In interviews, GDR lesbians and gay men talk openly about their first sexual experiences and coming out. Though the film tries to convey an official GDR acceptance of homosexuality, they also talk about social discrimination against openly gay individuals.

“Kundi” was developed in the early 1960s by the German Hygiene Museum as a leading figure for the intensification of prevention work (especially health education) with children and young people. This short shows the importance of mouth hygiene.

In this short educational animation film a gunslinger who cries at the funeral of his victims is arrested by the sheriff.He sneezes, the pathogens are spread and there is a chain reaction among the inhabitants of the town.

This educational film is aimed at 12 to 15-year-old boys and girls and depicts the attitudes and experiences of this age group in relation to their first sexual and partner experiences.

The film observes mentally handicapped children and young people and depicts learning and preparation for later activities and social life.

This educational short film interweaves real scenes and animated graphics and depicts the causes of heart attacks in order to promote a healthy lifestyle to prevent damage to the coronary arteries.

Short film about the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum during the GDR.

Educational film about recreational sports.

The film uses documentary-style scenes, interviews and animated schematic drawings to expose the problems of the menopause as a natural stage of a woman's life, which is predominantly experienced without symptoms, and names individual problems about which Dr. van de Kamp, head of the outpatient clinic in Werder, is interviewed.

The first part of the film explains human reproduction, the female and male organs and bodily functions. In the second part, the problem of the increase in sexually transmitted diseases in the context of free sexual contact is mentioned and symptoms are explained. In addition to real film scenes, the commentary film contains microscopic shots, cultural-historical depictions and animated drawings. The film was obviously intended to appeal to young men and adolescents in particular. Part of the Du und deine Gesundheit series.

Short educational film about plants.

In the style of a guidebook, the film provides information on healthy movement development in the first year of life, gives tips on how parents can promote this and identifies signs of treatable damage.

This short educational film focuses on canteen catering in larger industrial companies, presents a model company and appeals to other companies to remedy existing shortcomings and improve canteen catering for workers. The VEB Zahnradwerk Pritzwalk is presented as an exemplary company.

A married couple looks for answers to their sexual problems. Leading GDR sexologist Dr. Siegfried Schnabl gives advice.

Through very personal statements by the protagonists, the film provides an insight into the individual form of (romantic) relationships of young heterosexual adults (15 to 19 years old according to the commentary) and, at the end, focuses against the premature acceptance of sexual relationships. It reveals itself to be an interview film with couples who went on a tandem tour together for the film and were "spontaneously willing" to talk about their relationship.

The film draws attention to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, especially among adolescents and young adults, and identifies partner changes and alcohol as factors that promote the spread. As basic preventive information about the sexually transmitted diseases gonorrhea and syphilis, the film explains symptoms in men and women and possible consequences such as permanent infertility or agonizing infirmity.

Recordings of an orchestra rehearsal, in which the soundtrack suddenly disappears, introduce us to the world without sound when the ear fails to work.

Short educational film warning teenagers about the dangers of smoking.

Short educational film about a "Gehschule".