DEFA

DEFA

former state-owned film studio in East Germany

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.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 17 films (1946–2017) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 13 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
2017 Person To Person National Geographic 84 min 16mm sound
1979 Der Fluss DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme , Dresden ; prod.-leiting, Helga Kurth ; buch and regie, Katja Georgi ; dramaturgie, Hedda Gemm. 5 16mm Color sound
1976 Die May DEFA-Studio ; produktion, Heinz W. Klünder ; regie, Gitta Nickel. 55 16mm Color sound
1971 Seven Ravens lcoa 21 min. 16mm Color sound
1969 Das siebente jahr = The seventh year / DEFA ; written and directed by Frank Vogel. 84 16mm B&W sound
1968 Abschied = Farewell / ein film der DEFA Studio für Spielfilme, Gruppe Babelsberg ; produktionsleitung Herbert Ehler ; drehbuch, Egon Günther, Günter Kunert ; nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Johannes R. Becher ; regie, Egon Günther. 107 16mm B&W sound
1956 Du Und Mancher Kamerad DEFA 103 min 16mm B&W
1951 Der Untertan DEFA 109 min 16mm B&W
1946 Die Moerder sind unter uns. DEFA 28:00 16mm sound
1946 Irgendwo in Berlin. DEFA 2700 16mm sound
Carl Von Ossiesky DEFA 16mm
Due Druesdner Philharmonker Pt. I and II DEFA 16mm
Little Red Riding Hood - 13 DEFa Studios for Trick Films Dresden 16mm sound
Schatze Der Welt DEFA 12 16mm Color
Schwimmfest Europas (D) DEFA 16mm
Thomaner DEFA 30 16mm B&W
Weihnacten 1963 in Berlin DEFA 16mm