Christel Bodenstein

Polizeiruf 110

Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 2...

Riverboat

Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort

Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort was an East German television series.

Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort

Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort was an East German television series.

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Die Kaltenbach-Papiere

Three nuclear warheads, the ultimate weapon for terror, blackmailing and mass destruction, are on their way to...

Großes Kino made in DDR

In 2016, DEFA celebrates its 70th anniversary: the film embarks on a journey into the exciting film history of...

The Singing Ringing Tree

A brave prince must seek the fabled singing, ringing tree in order to win the heart of a beautiful princess.

Stielke, Heinz, Fifteen...

Fifteen-year-old Heinz Stielke is a Hitler Youth fanatic who is devastated to learn a hidden truth about his re...

The Brave Little Tailor

When Prince Vain got his shirt fixed, he proclaims that he had slain two lizards in front of the tailor's house...

The Punch Bowl

It is the 65th birthday of Wilhelm Lehmann, foreman of a chemical company. All members of the large family are...

Das singende, klingende Bäumchen

The beautiful, cold-hearted and arrogant Princess is supposed to marry. But she rejects all her suitors with th...

Midnight Revue

Despite the fact that production manager Kruse doesn't have the actors or the crew for the job, he recklessly b...

Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts

Screen adaptation of Eichendorff's famous novella. A penniless drifter roams the land with his violin and prefe...

Die Spur führt in den 7. Himmel

Viennese nightlife in "7th Heaven" This very exclusive club is frequented by the elegant social elite: rich sno...

Klotz am Bein

The construction of five houses for a workers' housing cooperative has been delayed due to a shortage of worker...

Much Ado About Nothing

Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Bene...

How Do You Feed A Donkey?

Due to his profession, Fred, an easy-going and charming long-haul truck-driver, sees a lot of the world. Along...

Minna von Barnhelm oder Das Soldatenglück

This film takes place during the Seven Years' War. The Prussian Major von Tellheim has become engaged to the Sa...

Kapitäne bleiben an Bord

Kurt Kars, the young, enthusiastic but rather inexperienced captain of a fishing vessel, lets his ambition driv...

The Little Prince

Adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's novella for East German television, produced in 1965/66, not shown unt...

When You’re Grown Up, Dear Adam

Adam receives a flashlight with special powers: every liar it shines on flies into the air. Production was canc...

No Cheating, Darling

For some time now, the residents of the placid little village of Sonnenthal talk only about one topic: Football...

Just Married

Susanne (17) and Robert (18) want to get married, but because Susanne is still under-aged, she needs parental p...

That's How DEFA Sounded: Film Music from Babelsberg

When people think of DEFA, the film heritage of the GDR, they probably don't just think of film images, but als...

Chronicle of a Summer

In the late fifties a large industrial complex was built near Schwedt, in the GDR. This low budget film tells a...

Ohne Paß in fremden Betten

Czech tourist Jelinek decides to take a ride on the "Ferris wheel" in Berlin, and as a result he lags behind th...

Es geht nicht ohne Liebe

Irene Klaussen, a brilliant, tomboyish Berlin student, falls for new classmate Peter Lemke. To prove herself, s...

New Year’s Eve Punch

After their successful May party, now the Lehmann family want to throw a New Year's Eve part with punch. Wilhel...

Im Himmel ist doch Jahrmarkt

Five young, pretty female athletes are training for an international skydiving contest. From heaven they basica...

Das Mädchen an der Orga Privat

In 1928 Berlin, 19-year-old stenotypist Erna Halbe lands a prized typing job at Orga Privat. Thrust into the so...

Crime Scene: Berlin

Rudi Prange is released from prison for good behavior. He gets a job in a transport unit but gets involuntarily...

The Captain from Cologne

Albert Hauptmann is an out of work waiter in Cologne who is often confused with a former Captain of the Nazi Ar...

Ein Sommertag macht keine Liebe

During a weekend spent on the island Hiddensee, the snobbish high school student Jan, who has just been expelle...

Treffpunkt Genf

The East German scientist Professor Gerlach has made a significant discovery with his research into how a new,...

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