Gerd Biewer

Tote reden nicht

After Elmers, the head of the publishing house, is reported missing, his son-in-law Jürgen Brandt is…

At a French Fireside

Bundeswehr soldier Klaus’ regiment is stationed in France, to take part in NATO maneuvers. The soldi…

Italienisches Capriccio

Biography of the comic poet Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793).…

What Would Happen If...?

In the late 1950s, the collectivization of agriculture is in full swing in the East German village o…

Hochmut kommt vor dem Knall

Under political pressure, a West German radio station stages a radio play about a Russian invasion o…

Flucht aus der Hölle

Algeria, mid-50s: it is the time of uprisings against the French colonial power. The German-born for…

Before lightning strikes

Ware für Katalonien

At the end of the 1950s, the production of optics in the German Democratic Republic has reached top …

Musterknaben

Two young building workers are more interested in girls than their work; complications ensue at home…