Movies: Defa Studio Fur Popularwissenschaftliche Filme

A historical GDR review of the events of the November Revolution in Germany in 1918....

The Nörgel clan divides the labor and produce more hats than they need for themselves. As consequence, they look into an exchange of products at a market in Leipzig. However, Nörgel has to learn that animals might not be a good equivalent for a produ...

The artists Käthe Kollwitz, Otto Dix and Otto Nagel used different forms of expression, but had the same goal: fight against war, against exploitation and for the liberation of oppressed people....

Episodes from school, family and leisure time show how boys and girls build gender relationships, what influence school and home have on them, how their behavior changes and what conflicts can arise between parents and children. Second part of the "R...

Documentary film by Wolfgang Bartsch....

Semi-automatic assembly line production and testing of the Trabant 601 at VEB Sachsenring - Automobilwerke Zwickau....

A young pioneer shows his little sister how to build birdhouses and feeders for the birds to make their lives more bearable in winter....

A film about Dresden - before, during, and after the war....

A look at the history of jazz, which has its origins in the music of Africans enslaved to North America 300 years ago....

70 days after the government decision to build the Schwarze Pumpe combine, the foundation stone is laid. Trick explains the project and its individual construction stages....

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Till Eulenspiegel works as a journeyman for a baker in Braunschweig who is not very kind to his staff or his customers. Now the master gets his comeuppance, because Till follows his employer's instructions all too literally, and instead of bread and ...

In works like “Guide Dog Ruepel” (1962), Bärbl Bergmann was the first feature film director in the GDR to portray children in their often pitiless but also honest dealings with each other, something that was almost impossible in the documentary films...

The film deals with the problem of choosing a partner for 16 to 20-year-olds. Third part of the "Relationships Between Boys And Girls" series....

Two sisters enter the fairy tale realm of Frau Holle and must prove their diligence and helpfulness. The good and hardworking girl receives a golden dress. The lazy sister is given a dress made of pitch for her bad services. The pitch will only come ...

Documentary film narrative about a railway connection destroyed during the war and now situated in the Soviet zone. Despite all the official hurdles, apprentices and young workers manage to build the bridge on schedule....

Two children, a boy and a girl, are each given a piggy bank. The boy is unimpressed and happily continues to spend his money. The girl takes every opportunity to "feed" her beautiful pig quite often. She is rewarded for this exemplary behavior with a...

At the technical college for applied arts in Sonneberg, young toymakers learn to make toys that stimulate children's imaginations based on pedagogical experience....

Episodes from school, family and leisure time show how boys and girls build gender relationships, what influence school and home have on them, how their behavior changes and what conflicts can arise between parents and children. First part of the "Re...

Episodes from school, family and leisure time show how boys and girls build gender relationships, what influence school and home have on them, how their behavior changes and what conflicts can arise between parents and children. Fourth part of the "R...