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DEFA – Es werden ein paar Filme bleiben

1996•1h 32m•10.0/10
Documentary

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10.0/10(1)

On May 17, 1946, Deutsche-Film AG (DEFA) was founded in Potsdam-Babelsberg. Until 1990, DEFA produced nearly 700 feature films, 750 animation films, 2250 short and documentary films and synchronized about 8,000 films from abroad.

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Production

Progress Film-Verleih (Berlin/Ost)

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Kurt Maetzig

Kurt Maetzig

Self

Ulrich Weiß

Self

Lothar Warneke

Self

Roland Dressel

Self

Rainer Simon

Self

Peter Kahane

Self

Herwig Kipping

Self

Hildegard Knef

Hildegard Knef

Self

Hans Heinrich

Self

Ulrich Gregor

Self

Christiane Mückenberger

Self

Klaus Wischnewski

Self

Frank Beyer

Frank Beyer

Self

Roland Oehme

Roland Oehme

Self

Egon Günther

Egon Günther

Self

Günter Witt

Self

Horst Pehnert

Self

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