DEFA

112 films, 35 currently in cinemas

The state film studio of East Germany, founded in 1946 in Potsdam-Babelsberg. Until 1992 it produced around 700 feature films, among them Trace of Stones, The Legend of Paul and Paula and Jacob the Liar, the only DEFA film nominated for an Academy Award. Its films still run in German cinemas.

All films: Die Unbesiegbaren (1953) · Carola Lamberti (1954) · The Lady of Scuderi (1955) · Distinguishing marks: none (1956) · Zwischenfall in Benderath (1956) · Castles and Cottages (1957) · Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser... (1957) · Only One Woman (1958) · Ware für Katalonien (1959) · Stars (1959) · The Silent Star (1960) · Five Cartridges (1960) · Professor Mamlock (1961) · The Gleiwitz Case (1961) · On the Sunny Side (1962) · Mord ohne Sühne (1962) · Midnight Revue (1962) · ...And Your Love Too (1962) · Naked Among Wolves (1963) · Sunday Drivers (1963) · In Love and Previously Convicted (1963) · Carbide and Sorrel (1963) · Divided Heaven (1964) · Der Reserveheld (1965) · Entlassen auf Bewährung (1965) · Just Don't Think I'll Cry (1965) · The Rabbit Is Me (1965) · Hamida (1966) · The Sons of Great Bear (1966) · Berlin Around the Corner (1966) · Trace of Stones (1966) · Born in '45 (1966) · A Lord of Alexander Square (1967) · Stories of That Night (1967) · The Brave Truant (1967) · I Was Nineteen (1968) · The Russians Are Coming (1968) · Hot Summer (1968) · Schüsse unterm Galgen (1968) · The Farmer's Clever Daughter (1969) · Long Roads - Secret Love (1969) · Signals: A Space Adventure (1970) · Do You Know Urban? (1971) · The Lost Angel (1971) · Zeit der Störche (1971) · Hat Off When You Kiss (1971) · Despite It All! (1972) · Florentiner 73 (1972) · Her Third (1972) · Sun Seekers (1972) · The Little Prince (1972) · Eolomea (1972) · The Legend of Paul and Paula (1973) · The Second Life of F.W.G. Platow (1973) · Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973) · Wolz – Life and Transfiguration of a German Anarchist (1973) · Orpheus in the Underworld (1974) · The Keys (1974) · Für die Liebe noch zu mager (1974) · Jacob the Liar (1974) · Looping (1975) · Lotte in Weimar (1975) · Till Eulenspiegel (1975) · Bankett für Achilles (1975) · Bird Waking Weather (1976) · Concert for Frying Pan and Orchestra (1976) · Carnations in Aspic (1976) · Beethoven - Days in a Life (1976) · The Flight (1977) · Anton the Magician (1978) · Das Versteck (1978) · Geschlossene Gesellschaft (1978) · Addio, piccola mia (1979) · Until Death Do Us Part (1979) · Lachtauben weinen nicht (1979) · Solo Sunny (1980) · Backhouse Bliss (1980) · All My Girls (1980) · Next Year at Lake Balaton (1980) · The Fiancee (1980) · Levin's Mill (1980) · Our Short Life (1981) · On Probation (1981) · Wäre die Erde nicht rund... (1981) · Romance with Amelie (1982) · Apprehension (1982) · The Fat Tilla (1982) · Exploring the Brandenburg Marche (1982) · The Bicycle (1982) · The Turning Point (1983) · Island of Swans (1983) · Moritz in der Litfaßsäule (1983) · Cascade Backwards (1984) · The Goat Horn (1984) · Where Others Keep Silent (1984) · Ab heute erwachsen (1985) · Hälfte des Lebens (1985) · Der Haifischfütterer (1985) · The House on the River (1986) · School Ghost (1987) · Vorspiel (1987) · Bear Ye One Another's Burden... (1988) · Fallada: The Last Chapter (1988) · Jadup and Boel (1988) · The Ascent of Chimborazo (1989) · Two Strange Characters (1989) · Coming Out (1989) · Location Hunting (1990) · Erster Verlust (1990) · Letztes aus der DaDaeR (1990) · Biology! (1990) · Ol' Witch (1991)