Ursula Walter

Disco-Film 21: Music and Rugby in the German Democratic Republic

This color documentary reports on young Chilean pioneers in the capital of the GDR. We experience the development of their pioneer newspaper from the first ideas to the printed new edition. Pictures by the Chilean painter César Olhagaray depict the struggle for freedom and the hopes of the Chileans, accompanied by excerpts from Pablo Neruda's "The Great Song" (Canto General).

This short film depicts Omega, one of Hungary's most successful rock bands, on tour in the GDR.

A documentary dedicated to the 10th World Festival of Youth and Students held in East Berlin in the summer of 1973.

Stiff formal exercises of the young dancing pupils and hot beat rhythms in the discotheque.

The film is a reportage showing the help of workers from the GDR in the industrial reconstruction of Syria. We witness the friendly relationship between workers from both countries, who are jointly involved in the construction of the cotton spinning mill in Homs. In impressive pictures the exoticism of the environment and the mentality of the Syrian hosts is shown. At the same time it becomes clear that the workers from the GDR become 'ambassadors of the GDR' through their collegial behaviour and good work.