Defa Studio Fur Wochenschau Und Dokumentarfilme Movies

  • 1957
    The Wind Rose

    The Wind Rose

    The Wind Rose

    51957HD

    An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world.

    The Wind Rose
  • 1988
    From Us To Me / Vom Wir zum Ich

    From Us To Me / Vom Wir zum Ich

    From Us To Me / Vom Wir zum Ich

    81988HD

    This first co-production between the GDR and Great Britain is intended to contribute to an understanding of the situation and attitudes of millions...

    From Us To Me / Vom Wir zum Ich
  • 1971
    In Syrien auf Montage

    In Syrien auf Montage

    In Syrien auf Montage

    01971HD

    The film is a reportage showing the help of workers from the GDR in the industrial reconstruction of Syria. We witness the friendly relationship...

    In Syrien auf Montage
  • 1985
    Die Zeit die bleibt

    Die Zeit die bleibt

    Die Zeit die bleibt

    01985HD

    A documentary about German director Konrad Wolf (1925–1982).

    Die Zeit die bleibt
  • 1963
    The Russian Miracle

    The Russian Miracle

    The Russian Miracle

    81963HD

    Das russische Wunder (The Russian Miracle) (1963) is a two-part East German documentary directed by Annelie and Andrew Thorndike. The documentary...

    The Russian Miracle
  • 1971
    Junge Leute

    Junge Leute

    Junge Leute

    01971HD

    A documentary about young people just starting their higher education and their professional life.

    Junge Leute
  • 1966
    The Laughing Man

    The Laughing Man

    The Laughing Man

    6.81966HD

    Posing as West German journalists, East German documentary filmmakers Heynowski and Scheumann pay a visit to the notorious Nazi-turned-mercenary...

    The Laughing Man
  • 1953
    Das Stacheltier – Eine Liebesgeschichte

    Das Stacheltier – Eine Liebesgeschichte

    Das Stacheltier – Eine Liebesgeschichte

    01953HD

    The writer Franz Schmidt reads to two editors from his new romance novel. The two criticize the lack of a problematic portrayal of the joyful life of...

    Das Stacheltier – Eine Liebesgeschichte
  • 1977
    Gut gemeinter Zuruf oder Das Kleefest

    Gut gemeinter Zuruf oder Das Kleefest

    Gut gemeinter Zuruf oder Das Kleefest

    01977HD

    A village in the Republic celebrated its traditional clover festival in the summer of 1976. In the form of a political feuilleton, the film conveys...

    Gut gemeinter Zuruf oder Das Kleefest
  • 1985
    Tango

    Tango

    Tango

    01985HD

    A brief history of the emergence and artistic innovations of tango in 19th-century Argentina and Europe. The film offers a mosaic of tango melodies,...

    Tango
  • 1963
    Globke heute

    Globke heute

    Globke heute

    01963HD

    Portrait of Hans Globke, jurist at the ministry of interior during the Third Reich and co-author of an official commentary to the Nuremberg Laws of...

    Globke heute
  • 1970
    Auf der Oder

    Auf der Oder

    Auf der Oder

    101970HD

    Documentary reports on the annual icing of the Oder in the 160-kilometer border area between the GDR and the People's Republic of Poland. Icebreakers...

    Auf der Oder
  • 1963
    Brüder und Schwestern

    Brüder und Schwestern

    Brüder und Schwestern

    01963HD

    A few days after the GDR built the Berlin Wall, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer commented that this was "an infamous and brutal act against...

    Brüder und Schwestern
  • 1965
    Kommando 52

    Kommando 52

    Kommando 52

    5.41965HD

    The film deals with the infamous "Kommando 52", which was active in the 1960s civil war in the Congo and was recruited mainly from West German men....

    Kommando 52
  • 1989
    After Winter Comes Spring

    After Winter Comes Spring

    After Winter Comes Spring

    7.61989HD

    A locomotive journey traversing the North to the South of the German Democratic Republic on the eve of its dissolution. Labourers, punks, mothers,...

    After Winter Comes Spring
  • 1991
    Time Loops - A Conversation with Christa Wolf

    Time Loops - A Conversation with Christa Wolf

    Time Loops - A Conversation with Christa Wolf

    81991HD

    Journalist Daniela Dahn interviews the East-German author Christa Wolf during the German reunification: reflections on history, changing politics,...

    Time Loops - A Conversation with Christa Wolf
  • 1962
    Unbändiges Spanien

    Unbändiges Spanien

    Unbändiges Spanien

    01962HD

    Documentary film about the Spanish Civil War.

    Unbändiges Spanien
  • 1985
    Wechseljahre

    Wechseljahre

    Wechseljahre

    01985HD

    The film uses documentary-style scenes, interviews and animated schematic drawings to expose the problems of the menopause as a natural stage of a...

    Wechseljahre
  • 1946
    Unity SPD – KPD

    Unity SPD – KPD

    Unity SPD – KPD

    51946HD

    Documentary about the merging of the Communist Party of Germany and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany in the Soviet occupation zone, a merger that...

    Unity SPD – KPD
  • 1991
    Bulky Trash

    Bulky Trash

    Bulky Trash

    01991HD

    In early summer 1989, Helke Misselwitz portrays young musicians in a band who produce their music on other people’s waste items. The four boys...

    Bulky Trash