In 1945, Ernst Machner returns home from the war in his mid-20s. Tuche would like him to weave for a living, but his comrades persuade him to become a young teacher instead.

In 1757, the second year of the Seven Years' War, Frederick II the Great stands at the gates of Prague. He has been trying to take the city for weeks, as the enemy commander Duke Charles of Lorraine is inside. Frederick has just defeated him, but the tide could soon turn against the Prussians, as new Austrian troops are approaching. None other than the famous master thief Andreas Christian Käsebier is to sneak into Prague to open the gates from the inside. As a reward, the king promises him freedom. Käsebier accepts the offer because he is tempted to steal an entire city. But by chance, Käsebier learns that the king wants to betray him. After a successful battle, he is put back behind bars for life. This doesn't suit the master thief at all, especially as he has just fallen in love with Katka in Prague.

1962 film by Günter Reisch

Compilation film, tracing the political career of Dr. Hans Globke, allegedly a former Nazi, now Secretary of State in West Germany.

"Two main protagonists dominate this epic film. Chairman Mauch, who had supported Hitler, finds new fame and fortune in West Germany after the war. The bourgeois chemist Dr. Hans Scholz lives through a tortuous political transformation and maturing process. Finally, he becomes wrapped up in his political neutrality and closes his eyes to the fact that poison is being produced in his factory. Standing before the judges at the Nuremburg Trials, he learns that he is partly responsible for millions of deaths in gas chambers at concentration camps."--Container

To justify their invasion of Poland at the start of WWII, Nazi high command hatches a secret plan: six Polish men from an SS training camp are sent on a special mission to the town of Gleiwitz, to fake a Polish raid on Germany. The ‘provoked’ Germans will thus launch a ‘counterattack’ on Poland.

刚从师范学院毕业的Karla Blum来到波罗的海沿岸的一个小镇的中学教高三的英语和历史。Karla个子虽小，却志存高远。她不仅敢于挑战传统的教学方式，更鼓励学生要无所顾忌，畅所欲言。甚至对一个因为持不同的政治见解而经常遭到校方批评的男学生Rudi，Karla亦体现了足够的宽容和理解。Karla的特立独行和直言不隐的作风引起镇教委女负责人Janson，教育局督导以及一班奉行犬儒主义的同事的不满，好在有同样具有理想主义的校长Hans Hardt-Hardtloff的支持，她的尝试和探索得以继续。Karla另一个鼓励和支持者是刚认识的男友Kaspar 。Kaspar曾经是名新闻记者，那时候也充满了理想和热情，但残酷的现实令他无比失望，不愿意随波逐流的他选择辞职当一名渔夫。Karla面临的是同Kaspar遇到过的一样的现实。有时候她不得不屈服于各方的压力，做出退让。不过，她很快会重新坚持己见，走自己的道路。一次学生派对后暗恋Karla的Rudi在两人回家途中吻了Karla。此事被一位对Rudi单相思的女同学无意中泄漏。以除去Karla为后快的保守派们等到了千载难逢的机会，Karla被调离。不过，电影的结尾还是给人留下了希望：火车上提着行李的Karla依然是那么自信，给最后一分钟决定随她同行的Kaspar投去了意味深长的微笑。
本片是东德著名剧作家Ulrich Plenzdorf根据一则新闻报道而做的创作，生不逢时地拍摄完成于十一届全会之后，被官方以“宣扬虚无主义，怀疑和敌视社会主义”的理由禁映。1990年，这部东德版的《死亡诗社》终于有机会跟观众见面，并得到了广泛的好评。