DEFA-Studio für Kurzfilme
Ein Ehrenmann geht… 1971
The film follows the career of Karl-Theodor Molinari from major in the Wehrmacht to general in the Bundeswehr. Authentic archive material and eyewitness testimonies are used to gather evidence of Molinari's guilt in the deaths of over a hundred French resistance fighters.
Berlin - Hauptstadt der DDR I 1970
A portrait of East Berlin
The Winter's Tale 1973
Leontes, king of Sicily, tries to convince his friend Polyxenes, king of Bohemia, to stay longer as his guest. But only Hermione, Leontes' wife, can talk Polyxenes into not leaving. Leontes gets suspicious. Is his wife having an affair with his friend? Leontes tries to find out about it...
Nörgel & Söhne - Ich, Nörgel, Teil 3 1970
Nörgel is on his way home from the Leipzig market. He is exhausted from the trade business using animals as an exchange. There should be an easier way than using animals... What about small and large coins made of gold? Part three of the animation trilogy Nörgel & Sons.
Der Löwe Balthasar 1971
Der Apfel 1970
Everything started with a forbidden apple. The independent and intellectual man is responsible for continuous progress. But when profit-greedy people use his new inventions to exploit others a revolution starts because people want to create their Garden of Eden here and now.
Rosa Luxemburg 1971
The film outlines the life of this revolutionary leader of the German and international working-class movement.
Das Geschenk – eine beinliche Geschichte 1974
How young people were manipulated to join the war during the Imperial Era.
A Flea in the Ear 1970
The lion, wolf and fox use modern technologies for producing their food instead of traditional hunting methods. They set up a farm where they fatten up animals and produce prepared meals with the latest technology. One day, the oppressed animals, tired of what is going on, set up their own state and stand up against their dangerous predators.
Nachtarbeiter 1974
Monika 1975
Dialogue with Lenin 1970
Documentary focusing on socialism and East German industry and labour, including a script of Lenin's most famous writings and speeches.
Women of Our Time 1969
The women’s committees in the GDR factories promote the technical and ideological-political qualification of female staff members. However, the film identifies deficits in the women’s private environment, since the men by their side often support their professional development only to a limited extent and the women’s multiple responsibilities persist despite state support.
We and Our Environment 1971
On the occasion of the GDR Landeskulturgesetz (Law on the Conservation and Protection of the Environment), passed in 1970, the speaker explains the various aspects of environmental protection through vivid, visually pointed examples. The film repeatedly refers to the fundamental contradiction between exploitation and preservation of nature in a developed industrial state but is unable to resolve it.