Thomas Plenert Movies

Clearing the sea of lignite, miners move excavators from one colossal mass to the next, which they strip. They float with dreamlike ease, like lost...

Documentary observations along the course of the Oder River, which—much like the Rhine—has become a river of destiny in Central Europe.

Volker Koepp revisits locations and people from his earlier documentaries in the wide Eastern European region of Sarmatia.

Documentary about the impact of uranium mining in East Germany.

In late 1990 times are changing in Zehdenick, Brandenburg: Russian troops are leaving, the German Reunification brings euphoria and new hope, but...