
1989
From an official perspective, marginal youth culture did not exist in East Germany. The topic of subcultures was taboo in the GDR, and groups such as goths, skinheads, anti-skins, punks and neo-Nazis were dismissed as social deviations promoted by western countries. Director Roland Steiner had access to such young East Germans in the late 1980s. Over the course of four years, he brought them before the camera in an attempt to understand what drew them to these groups.

Roland Steiner
Self

Christa Wolf
Self

Stefan Heym
Self

Prinzessinnenbad

Großes Kino made in DDR

I Am My Own Woman

Like It Is

Heimatkunde

The Ministry for State Security - Everyday life at a public authority

Ich will da sein - Jenny Gröllmann

Puberty: Sexual Education For Boys and Girls

Finding the Gold Within

Was lebst Du?

Before Father Gets Back

Pubertät bei Jungen

The Perfumed Garden

Unarmed Verses

Mio

Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution

The Red Elvis

Last to Know

Three of Many

Schabowskis Zettel - Die Nacht, als die Mauer fiel