Movies: Sigmund Jähn

Short film about astronauts in the GDR...

They were heroes of a special kind. They came from the steppes, the sons of farmers, of factory floor women. Salt-of-the-earth, strapping young men, model husbands, who believed in communism with all their hearts. Bright futures lay ahead of them. In...

Sigmund Jähn, (East) Germany's first man in space, and the preparations for the space flight are portrayed....

Heroes from the GDR's past are presented. Heroes will also be needed in the future....