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- DirectorFrank BeyerStarsManfred KrugKrystyna StypulkowskaJutta HoffmannA film about living and working conditions in the GDR of the 1960s, including a little love story, of course.
- DirectorKonrad PetzoldStarsDana MorávkováAlexander HöchstEberhard MelliesPrincess Aurinia goes with her maid Lisa to the castle of King Ewald, his son Ivo, to whom she is promised as a wife. On the way, Lisa forces the princess into a role reversal, her secret plan is that she herself wants to be queen.
- DirectorKonrad WolfWolfgang KohlhaaseStarsRenate KrößnerAlexander LangHeide KippSunny is a singer in a band which is constantly on the road. She therefore leads a relatively restless life, which she cannot afford to give up, having to rely on the fee she gets paid..
- DirectorHans MüllerStarsEva Ingeborg ScholzLutz MoikPiet ClausenPost-war Germany 1945: Two rival gangs of uprooted boys fight each other in the ruins of Berlin, whose business is the black market out of necessity in order to survive. Their respective leaders are Gerhard and Dietrich. A pretty young circus artist named Corona comes to the destroyed city with a traveling circus. She immediately caught the boys' attention. When the latter notice that the circus director is abusing the girl, the two gangs join forces and plot an act of revenge against the tyrant. But with the hustle and bustle caused by this, Corona falls from the trapeze and is seriously injured. When the circus moves on, the boys organize a doctor for the sick artist who has been left behind. Their collectively concern for the blonde beauty makes them forget their enmity. This welds the troops closer together and sets the course for a common, meaningful future.
- DirectorHannelore UnterbergStarsIrina GallardoFrancisco MedinaTeresa PolleIsabel and her mother Rosita flee to East Germany from Chile after the Pinochet coup. Amidst the prejudice many of their new neighbors harbor, Isabel waits on the stairs in hopes of intercepting news of her father.
- DirectorHans DeppeStarsIna HalleyHeinz SchröderNils-Peter Mahlau
- DirectorRolf LosanskyStarsRalf SchlösserFrank WuttigLilo JosefowitzThe 15-year-old Kurbel, lives in a village in Lausitz and feels really grown up. He is tall and strong, tolerates plenty of rhubarb wine and he has already kissed.
- DirectorEgon SchlegelStarsMärtke WellmHeiko WisbarMargit RathkeThe story plays in the countryside of north east Germany. Irka, a young girl lives with her father on a farm when they decide to buy a mare called Raya. She used to be a great show horse but now was old and almost blind. Nevertheless Irka rides out with Raya every day, describing her the way. But then she gives birth to a stallion which they name Mischka and Irka convinces her father to keep the foal forever. Her father though realizes that it's financially not possible to keep both horses and he wants to give Mischka to a stud where it would be cheaper to raise him. Irka has to decide if she wants to keep the old mare or the foal.
- DirectorGötz FriedrichStarsBlanche KommerellHelga RaumerHorst KubeOnce upon a time there was a little girl named Rotkaeppchen. She lived with her father and mother at the edge of a village, and often visited her grandmother on the other side of the woods. Her rabbit friend, Haeschen, lives with Grandmother and was sent one day to fetch medicine and milk from Rotaeppchen and her mother. Although her mother was reluctant to allow her to visit Grandmother alone, Rotkaeppchen convinces her that she will be safe with Haeschen. Together they set out through the woods. Unfortunately, there were many distractions in the woods: mushrooms to pick and Rotkaeppchen's other playmate, the bear. There are also the dangerous fox and wolf, who plotted to capture Rotkaeppchen and eat her. Haeschen did his best to keep them safe, but he could not prevent the wolf from eating Grandmother . . . and also Rotkaeppchen! Who will save them? The DEFA version of Rotkaeppchen differs from the Grimms' version in some minor areas: the mother plays a greater role in the film; DEFA has the father save the day, rather than the huntsman; the wolf does not die at the end, though he is carried away by the family; the second encounter with the wolf at the end of the original tale is left out; and a few animal characters are added (Haeschen, Baer, and das Eichhoernchen). All the animals (other than the Eichhoernchen) are played by people in animal costumes, and Jochen Bley as Haeschen was the big hit with critics and viewers alike. Both warmly and critically received by the press upon its release, Rotkaeppchen followed closely on the heels of the very successful Schneewittchen; hence, in some cases, the disappointment. Many reviews cited Goetz Friedrich's background in theater (both in positive and negative interpretations) to explain the spare, two-dimensional feel of the set. Yet nearly all commented positively on the color and interesting characters, and the Progress press materials summed up the morals for the viewers to learn: "Do what you are told, but act independently when it is necessary; never leave the path, especially the path that your friends have marked with love and experience; be brave, fight against evil, help your friends." Since its release, Rotkaeppchen has become one of the most popular DEFA fairy tale films.
- DirectorGottfried KolditzStarsMathilde DaneggerKarin UgowskiKatharina LindOnce upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters: one was her own, the other was a stepdaughter. The eldest relative was ugly and lazy, and the youngest was beautiful and hardworking.
- DirectorHerrmann ZschocheStarsBarbara SommerRolf LukoschekHenry SchroederFrank, a tenth grade student, falls in love with his classmate Regine. His father is a well-connected plant manager in the GDR; Regine's mother is a single parent with four children. Regine wants to become a kindergarten teacher, but her grades are poor and she is not allowed to apply for technical college. Frank champions her and seeks an open discussion about these rigid regulations. But his criticism is nipped in the bud.
- DirectorRainer SimonStarsJan Josef LiefersMonika LennartzGötz SchubertIn 1802, Alexandre De Humbolt and Aimé Bonpland stayed in Ecuador to study the topography of the country. Their goal is to climb the Chimborazo volcano, reaching 6,267 meters and considered at the time as the highest peak in the world.
- DirectorStanislav GovorukhinStarsLeonid KuravlyovIrakli KhizanishviliEvgeniy ZharikovSailor is stranded on a desert island.
- DirectorMilo HarbichStarsUrsula VoßFritz WagnerHerbert WilkAfter the war, infinite numbers of refugees leave in search of a new home. They now stand in the hall of a large mansion, waiting to receive their deeds of ownership for sections of land that the lord of the manor had left behind after he fled. Among them is the young Jeruscheit who, during her travels, had to bury one of her own children. Her husband has been declared missing, and up until now she has had little purpose in life. But then she discovers it: to work, to build, and to help others. And maybe someday Jeruscheit will find her family.