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Browse 275 movies from Institut für Film und Bild in Wissenschaft und Unterricht
Short film about Hitler's rise to power in 1933
Jan 1960
An innovative production from the world-renowned filmmaker and passionate naturalist Heinz Sielmann, Woodpecker (Zimmerleute des Waldes) is an intriguing celebration of these territorial birds known for their distinctive knocking.
Sep 1955
The film offers three excerpts from the life of a working blind person. It shows in particular the extent to which the guide dog can replace the blind person's lack of sight and how this results in a relationship of loyalty between man and animal of rare intimacy.
Jan 1951
This is a short love story about this girl who's in love with a boy named Tom. He is one of the cool guys and this girl is not, so she watches him play with the cool girls and she dreams about him.
Mar 1988
Short film about mopeds
Jan 1979
A darkly humorous short documentary about a preschool-age boy ostracised from interactions with his classmates until a girl who has become interested in his pet crow provides the link to social acceptance.
Jan 1976
Based on court records, this award-winning documentary feature film directed by Peter Pewas reconstructs a traffic accident in Essen in which three people were directly involved and in which twelve-year-old cyclist Dieter Pahl was killed.
Apr 1967
Feb 1977
A series of images of war and misery.
Jan 1958
Rosita Hernandez, a nine-year-old Indio girl, tells about the everyday life of her family living in the the desert plain between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, about 300 km south of Lima. Specific social and economic problems as well as ways of coping with them become visible.
Educational short film about praying
Jan 1989
Short film about a trade with a flashlight.
Jan 1977
Educational short about the Bible
Two boys aged 9 and 10, Jan and Christoph, want to visit their grandma, who lives in another town. They travel by train, on their own. They buy their tickets, find the right platform and get on the right train. And they know how to behave on the train. So, as expected, the train trip to Grandma's is a safe affair and great fun for the boys.
Two boys put together a colorful film from pictures they have painted themselves that recounts the fantastic story of an adventurous journey. From their hometown, they go out to the open sea, to the depths of the ocean, to the jungle, to the USA, and finally to the moon in a rocket, and from there back home again.
A group of punks is observed and interviewed on a square in Hamburg-Ottensen. In close-ups, characteristic details of the outward appearance of punks and their provocative behavior are presented. The reactions of passengers and the owners of surrounding stores are recorded; some act emphatically tolerant and understanding, others reject them...
Jan 1982
In this short feature film, the cohabitation of an average family is turned upside down: Not the parents, but the children have the power of disposal over the shared apartment.
Jan 1981
An insight into a girls' group in a mining community in the Ruhr region.
At midnight, two elves help a pair of shoemakers in distress by making shoes. They make it a condition that they are not watched. When the cobblers do it anyway and then send them the matching clothes, they stop working but continue to help the cobblers.
Jan 1968
Short film about aggressive driving
Jan 1984