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East German Film and Television Programs
In the GDR, the movie industry was very active.Besides folksy movies, the movie-industry became known worldwide for its productions, especially children's movies ("Das kalte Herz", film versions of the Grimm brothers fairy-tales and modern productions such as "Das Schulgespenst"The film industry was remarkable for its production of Ostern, or Western-like movies. Indians in these films often took the role of displaced people who fight for their rights,
The Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft, better known as DEFA, was the state film monopoly founded in 1946. Many of the DEFA films are available for sale here.
Die Legende von Paul und Paula ( The Legend of Paul and Paula 1973) based on the novel of Ulrich Plenzdorf and one of East Germany's most popular films. The rock band The Puhdys plays many songs in the movie, which made them famous
Fünf Patronenhülsen (Five Bullet Shells) 1960 about fighters Spanish Civil War , starring Ernst Busch
Solo Sunny 1980 Story of a pop singer, very popular with the youth of the time . The last completed film by the famous East German director Konrad Wolf - and commercially his most successful one
Ich war neunzehn ( I was 19) 1968 end of WWII filmed in black and white Konrad Wolf, the director, was was among the first troops to reach Berlin in 1945
Osvobozhdenie East German-Soviet film about WWII, most expensive movie made in the USSR
clip from Osvobozhdenie
Der Untertan ( Man of Straw) 1951 comedy
scene from Der Untertan
The Sons of the Great Bear, 1966 It was the first of a series of successful Westerns from the East German DEFA Studios, featuring Native Americans as the heroes, rather than white settlers as in John Ford's Westerns.
watch The Sons of the Great Bear trailer
Freies Land 1946, Neorealistic film dealing with the hardships of rural life after the war
Dean Reed 1938-86 an American who moved to East Germany and filmed movies there
Dean Reed performing "Thunder And Lightning" in the East German film "Sing,cowboy,sing!"(1981)
Bertolt Brecht ( 1898-1956) poet and playwright
Ernst Busch (1900-1980) famous East German actor and singer
There were some East German science fiction movies such as In the Dust of the Stars , Elomea, The Silent Star and The First space Ship to Venus
Watch The First Spaceship on Venus
Aktuelle Kamera (in English roughly translated as Current Camera) was the state television newscast of the former German Democratic Republic
Ein Kessel Buntes ("A Kettle of Color") was a television variety show in the former East Germany. It broadcast from 1972 to 1992. A total of 113 shows were made, six per year.
East Germany's answer to 007 Das unsichtbare Visier ( The invisible visor) A 70s East German Spy TV series made with co-operation of the Stasi.
Unser Sandmännchen (Our Little Sandman) was a German children's bedtime television programme using stop motion animation.
Der schwarze Kanal Commentary on West German news reports
Some 1960s East German tv commercials
Mach mit, Machs Nach, Machs besser: Children's program
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buy Solo Sunny
buy The Sons of the Great Bear
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