The compilation film looks back on four decades of East German film production to mark the 40th anniversary of DEFA. Beginning with the founding event of DEFA on May 17, 1946, it continues with film clips from many test recordings of the first feature films after licensing. Well-known directors, screenwriters, actors and musicians accompany the historical newsreel and feature film excerpts and thus bear witness to the reconstruction work in the early post-war years. A documentary that reflects the diversity of DEFA productions in the film and newsreel sector.
Günter Jordan
Writer, Director
Christiane Mückenberger
Writer
Directed by John Ford70%
The Class of ‘9271%
Night Will Fall76%
Maria by Callas73%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Wick Is Pain74%
Love, Marilyn66%
McQueen74%
Casting By68%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Above Majestic73%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Love, Antosha74%
Katy Perry: Part of Me71%
David Bowie: Five Years75%
Tabloid64%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Being James Bond77%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
