Broken Taboos – Socially Critical Filmmaking in East Germany

Deutsche Film AG (DEFA) was founded exactly 75 years ago in Potsdam-Babelsberg. By reunification, it had produced about 700 feature films, around 2,500 documentaries and short films and 950 animated films. Today, the entire film output of East Germany is administered by the DEFA Foundation. Together with the DEFA Library, this film series was put together to mark the 75th anniversary.

The following films are part of the series:
SPACE AND EVEREYDAY LIFE (Director: Betina Kuntzsch, 2017-18)
COMING OUT (Director: Heiner Carow, 1988-89)
THE BICYCLE (Director: Evelyn Schmidt, 1981)
WHISPER & SHOUT (Director: Dieter Schumann, 1988)
SWAN ISLAND (Director: Herrmann Zschoche, 1982)
OUR CHILDREN (Director: Roland Steiner, 1989)
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