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DEFA

Former state-owned film studio in East Germany

Companyfilm studio businessQ819391

Founded: 1946
Headquarters: Potsdam
Country: East Germany

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DEFA was the state-owned film studio of the German Democratic Republic throughout the country's existence. Since 2019, DEFA's film heritage has been made accessible and licensable on the PROGRESS archive platform. The DEFA Foundation is a non-profit organisation that was established in order to preserve the films in the DEFA library as well as the film studios, and make them accessible to the public.

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AAn Optimistic Tragedy1971 · 1971 television film of the GDR by Manfred Wekwerth based on the play by Vsevolod Vishnevsky

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May I Call You Petrushka?(1981)
Feuerdrachen(1981)
Through Gobi and Khingan(1981)
Alexander The Small(1981)
Grenadier Wordelmann(1980)
Solo Sunny(1980)
Jadup and Boel(1980)
Kočičí princ(1979)
Until Death Do Us Part(1979)
Archiv des Todes(1979)
Seven Freckles(1978)
How to Wake a Princess(1978)
The Crossing(1978)
Zur See(1977)
Die zertanzten Schuhe(1977)
Die Flucht(1977)
A Stone´s Throw(1977)
Soldiers of Freedom(1977)
Mann Gegen Mann(1976)
Nelken in Aspik(1976)
The Sorrows of Young Werther(1976)
Lotte in Weimar(1975)
Geschwister(1975)
Between Day and Night(1975)
Jacob the Liar(1974)
Zum Beispiel Josef(1974)
Der Untergang der Emma(1974)
The Red Violin(1974)
Ulzana(1974)
Apaches(1974)
Nemuritorii(1974)
The Legend of Paul and Paula(1973)
Copernicus(1973)
Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts(1973)
Giovanni Boccaccio(1973)
Die Elixiere des Teufels(1973)
Die große Reise der Agathe Schweigert(1972)
Sun Seekers(1972)
Verspielte Heimat(1971)
KLK Calling PTZ – The Red Orchestra(1971)
Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment(1971)
A Young Man Named Engels – A Portrait in Letters(1970)
Liberation(1970)
Signals: A Space Adventure(1970)
Verkehrskompaß(1969)
Othello(1969)
Weiße Wölfe(1969)
Zeit zu leben(1969)
The Shield and the Sword(1968)
Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa(1968)
Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle(1968)
I, Justice(1968)
The Russian's are coming(1968)
I Was Nineteen(1968)
Frozen Flashes(1967)
Der tapfere Schulschwänzer(1967)
The Banner of Krivoy Rog(1967)
Chingachgook: The Great Snake(1967)
Der lachende Mann – Bekenntnisse eines Mörders(1966)
The Sons of Great Bear(1966)
The Escape In The Silent(1966)
Trace of Stones(1966)
The Adventures of Werner Holt(1965)
Allemagne Terminus Est(1965)
Denk bloß nicht, ich heule(1965)
The Rabbit Is Me(1965)
Hands Up or I'll Shoot(1965)
Divided Heaven(1964)
Naked Among Wolves(1963)
Die rote Kamille(1963)
Reserved for the Death(1963)
Carbide and Sorrel(1963)
The Russian Miracle(1963)
For Eyes Only(1963)
Men and Beasts(1962)
On the Sunny Side(1962)
A Lively Christmas Eve(1962)
Star-Crossed Lovers(1962)
Das Rabaukenkabarett(1961)
The Golden Yurt(1961)
Professor Mamlock(1961)
New Year's Eve Punch(1960)
Alarm at the Puppet Theater(1960)
Einer von uns(1960)
Doctor Ahrendt's Decision(1960)
Always on Duty(1960)
First Spaceship on Venus(1960)
No Trouble with Cleopatra(1960)
Five Cartridges(1960)
An Unusual Day(1959)
Special Mission(1959)
Before the Lightning Strikes(1959)
SAS 181 Does Not Reply(1959)
An Old Love(1959)
Love's Confusion(1959)
Goods for Catalonia(1959)
Les Misérables(1958)
The Sailor's Song(1958)
The Singing Ringing Tree(1957)
The Crucible(1957)
Castles and Cottages(1957)
Duped Till Doomsday(1957)
Berlin, Schoenhauser Corner(1957)
Old Barge, Young Love(1957)
Lissy(1957)
Friedrich Schiller(1956)
Thomas Muentzer(1956)
A Berlin Romance(1956)
52 Weeks Make A Year(1955)
Der Teufel vom Mühlenberg(1955)
Star mit fremden Federn(1955)
Ernst Thälmann - Führer seiner Klasse(1955)
Das Fräulein von Scuderi(1955)
Der Teufel und der Drescher(1954)
Gefährliche Fracht(1954)
Ernst Thälmann(1954)
Alarm in the Circus(1954)
Stärker als die Nacht(1954)
The Song of the Rivers(1954)
Anna Susanna(1953)
Swings or Roundabouts(1953)
Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck(1953)
Shadow Over The Islands(1952)
The Condemned Village(1952)
Der Untertan(1951)
The Axe of Wandsbek(1951)
The Benthin Family(1950)
Hoegler's Mission(1950)
Der Kahn der fröhlichen Leute(1950)
The Merry Wives of Windsor(1950)
The Council of the Gods(1950)
The Cuckoos(1949)
The Beaverskin(1949)
Figaros Hochzeit(1949)
1-2-3 Corona(1948)
Wozzeck(1947)
Razzia(1947)
Marriage in the Shadows(1947)
Peter Voss, Thief of Millions(1946)
Murderers Among Us(1946)
Die andere Front
DEFA Indian films
The Children of Golzow

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Ended: 1992
Owned by: East Germany
Replaced by: Compagnie Générale des Eaux
Replaces: UFA
Dissolved: 1992
Child organization or unit: DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme
DEFA-Studio für Kurzfilme
DEFA-Studio für populärwissenschaftliche Filme
Awards: European Film Award Special Mention(1991) statement is subject of: 4th European Film Awards · for work: The Wall · together with: Jürgen Böttcher
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1.europeanfilmacademy.org/European-Film-Awards-Winners-1991.82.0.htmlRetrieved 2019-12-07
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Different from: DEFA 550
Has works in the collection: Anne Frank House
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1.“Filmrol met daarop een opname van de documentaire Ein Tagebuch für Anne Frank, 1959”
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