Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft
Sign in to saveDEFA (Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft) was the state-owned film studio of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) throughout the country's existence. Since 2019, DEFA's film heritage has been made accessible and licensable on the PROGRESS archive platform. The DEFA Foundation is a non-profit organisation that was established in order to preserve the films in the DEFA library as well as the film studios, and make them accessible to the public.
Key facts
- Organization.name
- Deutsche Film-AktiengesellschaftDEFA
- Organization.image
- File:DEFA Logo.svg
- Organization.formation
- 17 May 1946
- Organization.dissolved
- 1992
- Organization.headquarters
- East Berlin
- Organization.location
- East Germany
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- business
- Country
- German Democratic Republic
- Headquarters
- Potsdam
- Owned by
- German Democratic Republic
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- Commons category
- DEFA
- inception
- 1946-00-00
- end time
- 1992-00-00
- replaces
- UFA
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1992-00-00
- different from
- DEFA 550
- has works in the collection
- Anne Frank House
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Article · Italiano
La Deutsche Film AG, abbreviata DEFA, era un'impresa cinematografica pubblica e verticale della Repubblica Democratica Tedesca con sede a Babelsberg. Il suo raggio d'azione si ampliò ulteriormente con l'avvio della TV di Stato Deutscher Fernsehfunk.La DEFA girò circa 700 film, 750 film d'animazione nonché 2250 documentari e cortometraggi, oltre al doppiaggio di circa 8000 film. Alla DEFA appartennero, almeno temporaneamente, la VEB Gerätewerk Friedrichshagen, la DEFA Zentralstelle für Filmtechnik, la VEB Kinotechnik e dal 1953 la VEB DEFA-Kopierwerke a Berlin-Johannisthal.
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