Defa Movies

Five-year-old Peter and his older brother Hans drop the Christmas present for their parents in the middle of the road and it gets flattened by a car....

Fiete is nine years old and loves fishing. Each afternoon he spends hours sitting at a creek in his village. On one of these afternoons the peace and...

Little Daniel is a huge fan of cycling. He constantly drives around on his three-wheeler, knowing that he wants to become a famous racing cyclist – ju...

This documentary about the Buchenwald concentration camp features interviews with survivors who describe their memories and experiences. The antifasci...

Documentary short about the rebuilding of Berlin in 1946 from a Soviet perspective, showcasing the social changes that have taken place since the fall...

A married couple is unsuccessfully trying to have a child. The woman decides to bring her husband closer to another woman.

The beautiful and charming laundress Lurette is a well sought-after young woman in Ludwig XV’s Paris. Her heart is already taken, however, and she mak...

Film by Wolfgang Bartsch.

Documentary about East Berlin, commemorating 20th anniversary of German Democratic Republic formation.

Claudia is a self-confident girl who spends time in a Young Pioneer camp and wants to prove that she can keep up with the boys in a scouting wide game...

Adventures of Toni and Rita in Bamsdorf.

The film looks at the problems of high school students in an 11th grade class in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg. The focus is on interpersonal relationships....

A child abduction story ordered by a non-custodial uncle with the background of the East/West-German separation.