Basé sur un fait réel survenu au Viêtnam en 1969, ce film relate l'assaut donné par la 101e division aéroportée américaine pour prendre la colline 937, dite Colline Hamburger (Hamburger Hill). Dix jours de combat acharné entre le Viêt-Cong et cette division aéroportée qui finira par avoir l'avantage, au prix de tant de morts que cette petite victoire en perdra toute sa valeur.

1962, un conseillé militaire est envoyé au Vietnam mais la réalité est a l'opposé de la guerre qu'il entendait mener. Ce Lieutenant-colonel entre dans un enfer qui ne fait que commencer, il devra se battre pour garder ses idéaux. L'histoire vraie de John Paul Vann dont le succès militaire lui apporta la satisfaction qu'il ne trouva jamais dans sa vie personnelle…

19-year-old NVA soldier, Alex Karow, is sent to the West German-East German border in May 1974, shortly after Willy Brandt's resignation and during the World Cup. The army is dominated by brutal rituals, tolerated or used by the officers. Alex understands that the ideals of balance, democracy and human dignity are propaganda. The question of what happens when the other appears in the sights of the Kalashnikov occupies the soldiers day and night, interrupted almost exclusively by the games of the World Cup with the historic encounter between the GDR and the FRG. Alex draws strength from his love for Christine, a confident tractor driver who lives in the neighbouring village. Christine encourages him not to do what his father expects, but to follow his dream of becoming a photographer. But when her brother sends Alex's photo from the border fortifications to the West, everything gets out of control...

The electrician Peter Drews is a brigadier at a Baltic Sea dockyard. His men are among the most reliable and diligent workers at the dockyard. Their motivation, however, increasingly suffers from Peter’s narcissism and imperiousness. Even his girlfriend Brigitte who is also a member of the brigade finds it increasingly difficult to accept his behavior. One day, Peter decides that the entire group must enter the navy - just because he has received his conscription call. While four men follow Peter into the navy, Brigitte, who has broken up with Peter, takes over the control of the brigade. During the work at the ship on which Peter is based at she meets the charming lieutenant Asmus.

The army of the GDR, called NVA had not survived the reunification of Germany, it was completely absorbed by the Bundeswehr and scrapped subsequently. But what apparently went on so smoothly as a peaceful unification of hostile brothers quietly left deep scars in the East German landscape.

Short film about the tanks of the NVA (army of the German Democratic Republic)

Short film about the MiG fighter jets of the NVA