Defa Movies

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

35-year old ballet soloist Peter ends his career as a performance dancer and, on the occasion of his last stage performance, looks back on his career...

Little Nelli is a clever and cunning child. As her parents are both working, her grandmother has to care for her. But her grandmother is no match to N...

The soldier Martin has been relocated to a small border village in Thuringia. During a storm, he comes to the rescue of Renate, a farmer′s daughter. T...

Five children miss the school bus because they notice a deer that struggles with a wire and decide to help him so the adventurous expedition begins.

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

When the ten-year-old Til and two of his friends are caught in heavy rains, they escape into a barn. They are not alone in there, however. A man whom...

A new pupil has joined the seventh grade and - as is often the case - is met with scepticism. What is more: Mathias' classmates are angry because he i...

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

East German documentary about the 20 July plot.

Commissioned by the newly founded SED for the first regional elections (October 1946) in the Soviet occupation zone.

Caroline and Tobias have a lot of fantasies. But one day everything they tell suddenly become true.