Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft

Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft, better known as DEFA, was the national film company in the German Democratic Republic (GDR/DDR).

Film studios

• DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme in Potsdam-Babelsberg
• DEFA-Studio für populärwissenschaftliche Filme in Potsdam, Alt-Nowawes
• DEFA-Studio für Wochenschau und Dokumentarfilme in Berlin
• DEFA-Studio für Synchronisation in Berlin-Johannisthal
• DEFA-Kopierwerke in Berlin-Köpenick and Berlin-Johannisthal
• DEFA-Außenhandel in Berlin

The films produced at the DEFA studios after World War II include approximately 950 feature films, 820 animated films, and more than 5,200 documentaries and newsreels.

External links

• http://www.defa-stiftung.de
• http://www.defa-fan.de
• http://www.umass.edu/defa