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A DEFA fairytale film based on the Brothers Grimm about keeping promises, sacrifice, and loyalty.

Jakob is a poor farmer′s boy. Because of his timidity that even makes him run away from mice, he is often ridiculed by other people...

A wild story set in 18th century Prussia: by chance, dare devil Alexander arrives at the court of Augustus the Strong.

Because of miller Kunz's boastfulness, his daughter Marie is imprisoned in the castle, Kunz claimed that she could spin straw into gold...

Lavish adaptation of Wilhelm Hauff′s fairy tale: Young charburner Peter Munk dreams of joining the upper class.

The film adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's original is one of the most successful DEFA fairy tale films.

Severino, a member of the indigenous population of South America, returns to his home village after ten years in the city. The situation has deteriorated ...

A fairy-tale about the beautiful but very haughty princess Roswitha who cruelly mocks each of her suitors and is forced by the king to marry a beggar.

A widow has two daughters, both called Mary - one is ugly and idle and the other; a stepdaughter; is pretty and hard-working. The stepdaughter has to do ...

Eight space cargo-ships disappear without a trace within three days. And the orbit station "Margot" has suddenly fallen silent.

April 1945: Gregor Hecker, 19 years of age, reaches the outskirts of Berlin as part of the Red Army's scouting team.

Bad planning and shortages prevail on an East German construction site. Foreman Hannes Balla uses unconventional methods to overcome the problems.

Tour guide Hurtig has to take over a Black Sea trip head over heels. In addition to a lack of foreign language skills, there is also Sybille.

1875: Gold is found in the Black Hills. Gold miners, adventurers and profiteers flock to the land that was contractually guaranteed to the Dakota Indians. ...

The situation of the Native Americans has become even worse. Dakota chief Far-Sighted Falcon (Gojko Mitic) has only a few followers left.

9-year-old Moritz drives those around him to despair with his slowness: his three sisters simply call him dawdler John.

Alfred and Lisa, called Al and Li, a young couple from Prenzlauer Berg, have decided to part ways. Their small room fells like a prison to Al.

Set during the rise of the Nazi regime, Elisabeth Maurer and Hans Wieland enjoy successful careers as actors in Berlin.

Based on the novella "Der Russenpelz" by Friedrich Wolf, Roland Gräf's feature film was made by the artistic working group "Roter Kreis".

Otto Scheidel, captain of the last coal-powered paddle steamer Jenissei on the Elbe, is facing a turning point in his life.

Karl Erp is a middle-aged man whoes bored in his marriage. After starting an affair with his intern, he moves in with his lover.

The wrenching story of a woman sentenced in 1934 to ten years in prison for antifascist activities.

Roland Gräf's film P.S. paints a critical counter-image to the workers' and peasants' state of the GDR, which earned him massive criticism.

During the Napoleanic Wars, members of the Prussian Lützow Free Corps steal a French war chest from the house of collaborator Kerstinn, but their captain ...

1964 DEFA, East German Film by Konrad Wolf based on the novel by Christa Wolf. Tale of star-crossed lovers divided by worldviews in a divided Berlin.

The story of the steel melter Martin Hoff, whose factory delegates him to a drama school, corresponds to the real life of the actor Manfred Krug.

Five men of an NVA flying squadron are at the center of interest in this DEFA classic about love, tragedy and saying goodbye. Commander Milan has reached ...

The story about the singer Sunny, co-directed by Konrad Wolf and Wolfgang Kohlhaase, is considered one of the most important contemporary DEFA films.

The three brothers Klaus, Kunz and Franz run a shoemaking business. When the honest Klaus hands an old woman water and food, he receives a golden goose ...

DEFA studio's Iris Gusner explores a Brothers Grimm fairy tale.

1877: The whites move further and further west and want to force the peaceful indigenous tribe of the Nez Percés onto a reservation.

Director Konrad Petzold addresses the role of Native North Americans and African American slaves in this international production.

During the French Revolution, in the village of Travers ensconced in neutral Switzerland, Prussian aesthete Herman Beyer is on the verge of divorcing wife ...

Tilla sets the tone in her class. Everyone does what she wants. When a new girl arrives, Anne, hostility breaks out at first sight.

Philip is too small for his age and often draws ridicule from his peers. One day, a stranger gives him a magic wonder flute.

GDR-Western, who describes the actions of white settlers against self-sufficient Mimbreno Appacheans trying to settle down in Arizona in the middle of ...

After meeting the woman on the train Erwin Retzmann kills her in the forest.

A party secretary in a village in Mecklenburg is said to be clairvoyant.

Lütt Matten has a big dream. To achieve it, he goes in search of the white magic shell and thus into great danger.

Ever since the mountain goblin "Moldy Beard" terrorized the mining valley, people have been abandoning the area. It is only Snow White and Rose Red who ...

North America 1756: English and French are engaged in a war involving the Native Americans and also the family of the settler John Ruster.

Murder in the artist's boarding house: the artist Jan Gruyter is dead, Captain Brückner leads the investigation and all residents are suspects.

An old man living in an oriental city tells the story of his life to a group of kids: He too was once a young boy by the name of Little Muck. Much like ...

Dismissed from service after the war, poor soldier Christoffel doesn't know where to go. Then the devil offers him a pact.

A fantasy story about the young boy Lutz who is looking, with two friends, for a missing magical bird.

A film about the historical uprising of the seamen in Kiel: During the Russian October Revolution of 1917, German and Russian soldiers start to solidarize ...

Five young people from Prague set out to rescue the crew of a Soviet research ship wrecked in the Arctic Ocean.

Winter 1968. Historian Dr. Dallow is released from prison. He is still trying to cope with and understand why he was put behind bars for 21 months.

The story of the goose princess and her faithful horse Falada. Princess Aurinia sets off on a journey to marry Ivo, the prince of the neighbouring kingdom. ...

In a small town, everyone has tried to forget what happened shortly after WWII.

Carola Huflattich is in the 4th grade, but she does not enjoy school at all. When she meets the school ghost "Boo", the two of them make a deal. Without ...

The entertainer Ralf Keul has to cultivate his property, otherwise it will be given away. He throws himself, inexperienced but courageous, into the new ...

A funny story about fifth grader Ottokar who is always ready to fight for justice.

Screen adaptation of Eichendorff's famous novella.

The story of Ulzana, an Apache chief who has reached a rapprochement with the local Mexican population and generously extends it to whites who travel through ...

A masterpiece of GDR cinema: The Legend of Paul and Paula combines romance and social criticism.

In this DEFA classic, Jampoll unravels the mystery of the owl hollow.

In November of 1939, the British consulate in Norway receives documents saying that the Nazis are conducting secret rocket research in Peenemünde. But ...

In the first DEFA western, Gojko Mitić plays the war chief Tokei-itho.

A surrealistic adaptation of Wagner's opera by Joachim Herz.

A brave prince must seek the fabled singing, ringing tree in order to win the heart of a beautiful princess.

After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds an ex-soldier living in her apartment. Together the two try to move past their experiences.

In 1864, American soldiers massacre a Cheyenne village at Sand Creek.

DEFA-produced film that impressively portrays the tragic fate of the Native Americans who are fought by the Americans and abandoned by the English.

The exploitative boss of an oil company promises the indigenous people a share in the oil deposit on their reservation.