Defa Studio Fur Wochenschau Und Dokumentarfilme Movies

Heynowski and Scheumann infiltrate the ultra-right-wing Chilean organization Patria y Libertad

Using some unique documents and pictures, this colour film shows the life and work of Martin Luther in the context of his own time and his relevance t...

A life story from a bygone era. In a retirement home, the 90-year-old Hermann Reußner tells his story. He was born in 1891 in Dessau, back when a duke...

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

Documentary film.

A portrait of Helga Hörz, professor of ethics and philosophy at the Humboldt University in Berlin.

The film’s subtitle identifies it as a “study of the constructive discontent of a composer”. It is a portrait of the pugnacious musician Paul Dessau (...

Grand Central Station, New York - the town's landmark. The camera captures impressions within 24 hours.

Born in the year 1921, Erich Fried, the son of jewish parents, had to leave his Austrian home in 1938. He emigrated to London and became a writer. He...

36 year old welder Karin works at an agricultural factory in Mecklenburg, Germany.

Karl Gass compiles film material to document the Pogromnacht in 1938.

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

“We no longer stand before a choice between peace and war, but between peace and annihilation (Brecht 1947)”, one of the posters in the Berlin Alexand...

Young women made up only five per cent of students at the technical college in Ilmenau. The film devotes itself of this particular situation by convey...