Social demography reaches beyond the numbers. Social change and population dynamics can be traced in many other forms, including movies, non-academic literature, and popular media. In this section we provide some information for those who want to take a non-traditional perspective on Eastern European population change.

Movies

Here is a list of movies that reveal a lot about social change in Eastern Europe, and a sociological eye can find traces of population trends as well.

Treasured Earth [Talpalatnyi föld] (1948) - Bán Frigyes
Ashes and Diamonds [Popiól i Diament] (1958) - Andrej Wajda
Knife in the Water [Nóz w wodzie] (1962) - Roman Polanski
Black Peter [Cerný Petr] (1964) - Milos Forman
Loves of a Blonde [Lásky jedné plavolásky] (1965) - Milos Forman
The Witness [A tanú] (1969) - Bacsó Péter
A Film about Love [Szerelmesfilm] (1970) - Szabó István
25 Fireman's Street [Tuzoltó utca 25.] (1973) - Szabó István
Promised Land [Ziemia Obiecana] (1974) - Andrej Wajda
Man of Marble [Czlowiek Z Marmuru] (1976) - Andrej Wajda
Angi Vera [Angi Vera] (1979) - Gábor Pál
Fever [Goraczka] (1981) - Agnieszka Holland
Interrogation [Przesluchanie] (1982) - Ryszard Bugajski
Time Stands Still [Megáll az idõ] (1982) - Gothár Péter
Blue Mountains, or Unbeliveble Story [Tsisperi mtebi anu arachveulebrivi ambavi] (1984) - Eldar Shengeleya
No End [Bez Konca] (1985) - Krzysztof Kieslowski
When Father Was Away on Business [Otac na sluzbenom putu] (1985) - Emir Kusturica
Never, nowhere, to no one! [Soha, sehol, senkinek!] (1986) - Téglássy Ferenc
Whooping Cough [Szamárköhögés] (1987) - Gárdos Péter
Time of the Gyspies [Dom za vesanje] (1988) - Emir Kusturica
L'America [] (1994) - Gianni Amelio
Kolya [Kolja] (1996) - Jan Sverák
The Debt [Dlug] (1999) - Krzysztof Krauze
Sunshine [A Napfény íze] (1999) - Szabó István
Divided We Fall [Musíme si pomáhat] (2000) - Jan Hrebejk
Tirana Year Zero [] (2001) - Fatmir Koci
Moscow Square [Moszkva tér] (2001) - Török Ferenc
Tycoon [Oligarkh] (2002) - Pavel Lungin
Goodbye Lenin! [Goodbye Lenin!] (2003) - Wolfgang Becker
Black Flowers [Lule Te Zeza] (2003) - Mevlan Shanaj
Moonless Night [Nata Pa Hene] (2004) - Artan Minarolli
4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days [4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile] (2007) - Cristian Mungiu