L'arbre qui chante
Dec 13, 1957Un prince courageux doit partir à la recherche d'un arbre légendaire, chantant et sonnant, afin de gagner le cœur d'une belle princesse.
Fantasy
Christel Bodenstein
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Das tapfere Schneiderlein
Sep 27, 1956When Prince Vain got his shirt fixed, he proclaims that he had slain two lizards in front of the tailor's house - "two in one strike". When the tailor swats seven flies at once, he sows himself a banner saying "seven in one strike", and together with his bird he starts a journey into the world to pronounce his deed.
Fantasy
Quand la RDA faisait son cinéma
May 26, 2016L’histoire mouvementée du cinéma en RDA , à travers celle de sa société de production, la DEFA, qui, entre 1946 et 1992, produisit plus de 1.200 films.
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Im Himmel ist doch Jahrmarkt
Apr 17, 1969Five young, pretty female athletes are training for an international skydiving contest. From heaven they basically fall straight into the arms of five charming young men. Their coach is less than thrilled about the flirtation and urges his athletes to concentrate on the contest. He is convinced that love-making will put the victory to risk and asks them for sexual abstinence. The power of love turns out to be stronger, however, and soon the first love couples find each other.
Comedy
Viel Lärm um nichts
Apr 22, 1964Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well.
Drama
Der Hauptmann von Köln
Dec 07, 1956Albert Hauptmann is an out of work waiter in Cologne who is often confused with a former Captain of the Nazi Army. Albert uses this to his advantage and becomes the Director of the Montan Corporation, and a member of the West German Parliament. Herr Karjanke, the real Captain, learns of Albert’s ruse, and wants to claim his "rightful" position in Parliament. But Karjanke cannot come forward until his politicking "Doppelganger" succeeds in passing an amnesty law for war criminals. When Albert is finally brought before a judge on charges of fraud, he learns that this own amnesty law does not apply to him.
Comedy
Minna von Barnhelm oder Das Soldatenglück
Nov 01, 1962This film takes place during the Seven Years' War. The Prussian Major von Tellheim has become engaged to the Saxon noblewoman Minna von Barnhelm. After the war, the King - in an unwarranted move - deprives the major of his honor. Von Tellheim becomes impoverished and, filled with shame, breaks off his relationship to Minna. An innkeeper in Berlin, who is a police informer, makes the Major move to a shabby little attic because he cannot pay his debt. In the meantime, Minna has also arrived at the inn. She and her lady's maid Franziska are questioned and spied on by the nosy innkeeper. Minna has followed her beloved Tellheim and she now cunningly manages to elicit a new declaration of love from him...
Comedy
Revue um Mitternacht
Jul 06, 1962Despite the fact that production manager Kruse doesn't have the actors or the crew for the job, he recklessly boasts that he could direct a revue film. To prevent him losing face, Kruse brings together four people - a dramaturg, a composer, a writer and an architect - and gives them the thankless task of turning his idea into a film. Except for the relatively unknown composer Alexander Ritter, who is enthusiastically committed to the project, the other members of the team find themselves stuck in this mess.
Comedy
Nicht schummeln, Liebling!
Jul 13, 1973For some time now, the residents of the placid little village of Sonnenthal talk only about one topic: Football! The ambitious mayor wants to promote the Sonnenthal team to the district league at any price because this success would also boost his own popularity. But he did not expect the resistance of the new head of school, Barbara, who is heavily annoyed by the one-sided focus. To bring Sonnenthal′s men and the mayor in particular to their senses, Barbara sets up a women′s football team that soon turns out to be a serious competition for the men′s team.
Music
Ein Sommertag macht keine Liebe
Mar 17, 1961During a weekend spent on the island Hiddensee, the snobbish high school student Jan, who has just been expelled from school, meets Christine. Christine is impressed with his bragging attitude although he just uses it to hide his insecurity and his remorse about the fact that he was sacked. Naturally, he keeps quiet about his current situation. Christine’s companion Hannes is less thrilled about Jan. Later on, the three of them meet again at a dockyard in Stralsund. After the disreputable end of his school career, Jan is assigned to the very brigade in which Christine and Hannes work as a crane operator and a brigadier respectively.
Drama
Italienisches Capriccio
Jun 08, 1961Drama
Tatort Berlin
Jan 10, 1958Crime
Klotz am Bein
Nov 14, 1958Comedy
Kapitäne bleiben an Bord
Feb 27, 1959Adventure
Maibowle
Dec 04, 1959It is the 65th birthday of Wilhelm Lehmann, foreman of a chemical company. All members of the large family are expected. Preparations are also being made in the company: Wilhelm is to be awarded the »Labor banner« and, as every year, the sons are responsible for the may bowl. But instead of family members, telegrams with rejections flutter into the house.
Drama
Es geht nicht ohne Liebe
Oct 21, 1963Drama
Beschreibung eines Sommers
Jan 15, 1963In the late fifties a large industrial complex was built near Schwedt, in the GDR. This low budget film tells about the voluntary participation of the brigades of the Freie Deutsche Jugend in the building up …
Romance
Wenn du groß bist, lieber Adam
Jan 01, 1966Adam receives a flashlight with special powers: every liar it shines on flies into the air. Production was cancelled in 1965/66 due to the film's political content. Only in 1989/90 could the director reconstruct the film, where missing sounds and images are replaced with script inserts.
Drama
Ohne Paß in fremden Betten
Nov 12, 1965Comedy
Sieben Tage
Oct 29, 1973Drama
Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts
May 10, 1973Screen adaptation of Eichendorff's famous novella. A penniless drifter roams the land with his violin and preferably sings his songs to beautiful women. Two of his female admirers get him employed as a gardener at a castle. Yet he doesn't settle down for long, and moves on to his next temporary job as a customs officer. Finally, he travels to Italy where he joins the gang of Rinaldo Rinaldini and eventually meets the love of his life.
Drama
Grüne Hochzeit
May 26, 1989Susanne (17) and Robert (18) want to get married, but because Susanne is still under-aged, she needs parental permission. With twin babies and tight finances, the newlyweds soon feel overwhelmed, and dealing with everything makes them forget the love that originally brought them together.
Romance
Silvesterpunsch
Dec 30, 1960After their successful May party, now the Lehmann family want to throw a New Year's Eve part with punch. Wilhelm's sons Franz and Paul are brigade leaders at a chemical factory. One of their brigades consists largely of fanatics of high culture, while the other consists of sports fanatics. But the rival brigades must work together in order to throw a successful New Year's Eve party for the factory, since the occasion requires both elements: sports and culture.
Music
Der kleine Prinz
May 21, 1972Adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's novella for East German television, produced in 1965/66, not shown until 1972.
Fantasy
L'Arbuste qui chante
Dec 25, 2016Une Princesse orgueilleuse et capricieuse renvoie ses prétendants les uns après les autres, au grand désespoir de son père. Quand vient le dernier prince, rencontré par hasard au marché alors qu’elle était sortie en douce, elle se voit obligée de poser une condition pour ne pas être mariée sur le champ : elle demande au Prince de lui ramener l’arbuste qui chante et qui sonne. Le Prince se lance alors à la recherche de l'arbre magique. Mais celui-ci est gardé par Esprit de la forêt et il va devoir passer un marché pour ramener cet arbuste, qui chante uniquement pour un véritable amour.
Family
So klang die DEFA - Filmmusik aus Babelsberg
Sep 26, 2018Documentary
Wie füttert man einen Esel
Jul 04, 1974Due to his profession, Fred, an easy-going and charming long-haul truck-driver, sees a lot of the world. Along his routes he enjoys the company of a lot of girlfriends who sweeten his spare time. One day, he suffers an accident in Prague which puts his co-driver Orje out of action. The beautiful Hungarian Jana persuades him to make her his new co-driver and does her utmost to take care of the stressful job. The more time the uneven couple spends on the road together, the more Jana feels attracted to Fred.
Drama
Stielke, Heinz, fünfzehn
Feb 12, 1987Everything changes for fifteen-year-old Heinz Stielke, a fanatical member of the Hitler Youth, when he learns that his father, who died as a war hero, was actually Jewish. Heinz is forced to leave school, loses his friends, and worst of all, his mother dies in a bombing raid. A kind-hearted police officer tries to get him a place at an orphanage in Thuringia, but on the way there, he is picked up by the SS and sent to a training camp.
Drama
Der große Ferienscheck
Mar 12, 1972Comedy
Wenn die Nacht kein Ende nimmt
Feb 21, 1959Das Mädchen an der Orga Privat
Sep 28, 1967Treffpunkt Genf
Jan 28, 1968Crime
Polizeiruf 110
Apr 21, 2024Alexander Bukow est un flic qui n'hésite pas à travailler au bord de la loi pour obtenir des résultats. Sa partenaire, Katrin Koenig, est une maniaque du contrôle dont la vie est le métier. Ensemble, ils forment une excellente équipe de lutte contre le crime - quand ils ne se battent pas entre eux.
Crime
Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort
Oct 28, 1998Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort was an East German television series.
Crime
Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort
Oct 28, 1998Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort was an East German television series.
Crime
Riverboat
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Lebensläufe
Nov 16, 2020Documentary
