With DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. The Singing Ringing Tree (1957)
74 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
A brave prince wants to win the heart of a stubborn princess by finding the singing, ringing tree for her.
Director: Francesco Stefani | Stars: Christel Bodenstein, Charles Hans Vogt, Eckart Dux, Richard Krüger
Votes: 850
2. Cinderella (1989 TV Movie)
80 min | Fantasy
Director: Karin Brandauer | Stars: Petra Vigna, Krista Stadler, Roswitha Schreiner, Claudia Knichel
Votes: 135
3. Little Red Riding-Hood (1962)
72 min | Family, Fantasy
Once 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.... See full summary »
Director: Götz Friedrich | Stars: Blanche Kommerell, Helga Raumer, Horst Kube, Friedel Nowack
Votes: 143
4. Ich liebe Victor (1984 TV Movie)
84 min | Drama, Romance
A teenage girl and her best friend spend the summer holidays together in a village. Then a good looking teenage boy appears, which creates a rift between them as they compete for his attention.
Director: Karola Hattop | Stars: Annegret Siegmund, Henriette Engel, Timo Jakob, Gabriele Geißler
Votes: 19
5. Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown (1987)
124 min | Drama, Musical
Drama based of the life of Johann Strauss.
Director: Franz Antel | Stars: Oliver Tobias, Mathieu Carrière, Karin Dor, Audrey Landers
Votes: 59
6. Jonny Comes (1988 TV Movie)
105 min | Family
Director: Richard Engel | Stars: Petra Kelling, Joachim Siebenschuh, Sebastian Hattop, Benjamin Burkhardt
Votes: 22
7. Bahnwärter Thiel (1982 TV Movie)
80 min | Drama
End of the 19th century. Sender Thiel spends his days with his boring wife Minna. He remarries out of concern for his young son Tobias. His second wife Lene, with whom he also has a child, ... See full summary »
Director: Hans-Joachim Kasprzik | Stars: Martin Trettau, Walfriede Schmitt, Blanche Kommerell, Andreas
Votes: 19
8. The Singer (1977 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Victor Jara is one of the most popular singers in Chile. In 1973 he is arrested by the military and his body is found dead.
Director: Dean Reed | Stars: Dean Reed, Friederike Aust, Gerry Wolff, Thomas Wolff
Votes: 38
9. Mercenaries' Trap (1981)
111 min | Adventure, Drama, War
In 1918 a defeated Austro-Hungarian Baron Colonel Von Görtz returns home to Transylvania which has just been lost to Romania. A vengeful Von Görtz punishes the nearby villagers but Romanian Major Tudor Andrei aids them.
Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Gheorghe Cozorici, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Mircea Albulescu, Ion Besoiu
Votes: 411
10. Feriengewitter (1989 TV Movie)
88 min | Family
An East Berlin couple wants to get a divorce at the beginning of the big holiday, but they neglect to tell their 13-year-old son Dani. Together they drive into the Elbe Sandstone Mountains,... See full summary »
Director: Karola Hattop | Stars: Etienne Charle, Sandra Puhlmann, Bärbel Röhl, Joachim Lätsch
Votes: 26
11. Das tapfere Schneiderlein (1956)
83 min | Fantasy, Family
Screen version of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm "The Brave Little Tailor"
Director: Helmut Spieß | Stars: Kurt Schmidtchen, Christel Bodenstein, Horst Drinda, Fred Kronström
Votes: 121
12. Die Geschichte von der Gänseprinzessin und ihrem treuen Pferd Falada (1989)
79 min | Family, Fantasy
Princess Aurinia embarks on a journey to seal the union of two kingdoms. The evil Princess Liesa forces Aurinia to change roles. Because of Liesa's cruel nature, the promised Prince Aurinas... See full summary »
Director: Konrad Petzold | Stars: Dana Morávková, Michaela Kuklová, Eberhard Mellies, Regina Beyer
Votes: 155
13. Rotfuchs (1973 TV Movie)
77 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Manfred Mosblech | Stars: Angelika Waller, Jürgen Zartmann, Günter Naumann, Heinz Behrens
Votes: 21
14. Der Hut (1991)
94 min | Comedy
Director: Evelyn Schmidt | Stars: Rita Feldmeier, Peter Prager, Heidemarie Schneider, Angelika Ritter
15. Unser Haus (1991 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Hartmut Griesmayr | Stars: Werner Dissel, Isabell Gerschke, Ruth Hausmeister, Petra Kelling
16. Der Prinz hinter den sieben Meeren (1982)
87 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Director: Walter Beck | Stars: Marina Krogull, Bodo Wolf, Renate Blume, Manfred Heine
Votes: 42
17. Reise ohne Wiederkehr (1991)
109 min | Drama
Director: Alexandra von Grote | Stars: Mark McGann, Gabriele Osburg, Rüdiger Joswig, Ulrich Matschoss
Votes: 11
18. Das Stacheltier - Das Gold in der Ackerstraße (1956)
Short
Director: Johannes Knittel | Stars: Gerhard Bienert, Friedrich Gnaß, Hans Stetter, Gustav Trombke
19. So ein Bienchen (1976 TV Movie)
73 min | Comedy, Drama
A little girl and her best friend try to restore the status quo regarding the girl's older brother's girl-friend by playing pranks on his new girl-friend.
Director: Klaus Gendries | Stars: Sabine Merten, Dietmar Richter-Reinick, Gudrun Ritter, Holger Richter
Votes: 13
20. Pestalozzis Berg (1989)
119 min | Biography, Drama, War
In the 1770s, Swiss farmer Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi established a school for poor orphaned children in the Aargau. Up to total exhaustion he sacrificed himself for his pedagogical ... See full summary »
Director: Peter von Gunten | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Rolf Hoppe, Heidi Züger, Christian Grashof
Votes: 26
21. Mein lieber Mann und ich (1975 TV Movie)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Jahrelang hat Angelika Minhoff für ihren viel beschäftigten Schauspielergatten das Mädchen für alles gespielt. Jetzt drängt es sie nach einer Beschäftigung, die ihr wirkliche Anerkennung ... See full summary »
Director: Klaus Gendries | Stars: Angelica Domröse, Klaus Piontek, Thomas Neubert, Ernst Kahler
Votes: 10
22. 12 Uhr mittags kommt der Boß (1968)
77 min
Director: Siegfried Hartmann | Stars: Hildegard Alex, Ilse Bastubbe, Peter Borgelt, Barbara Dittus
Votes: 34
23. Ich - Axel Caesar Springer (1968– )
120 min | Biography, History
Stars: Horst Drinda, Heinz Scholz, Otto Mellies, Irma Münch
Votes: 10
24. Skvorets i Lira (1974)
142 min | Drama, Romance
Lira and Skvorets, both Soviet spies, infiltrate the German nobility and an industrial corporation in the aftermath of WOII. They find out the Germans and the Americans are planning to take... See full summary »
Director: Grigoriy Aleksandrov | Stars: Lyubov Orlova, Pyotr Velyaminov, Nikolay Grinko, Boris Ivanov
Votes: 45
25. Hände hoch oder ich schieße (1966)
75 min | Comedy
Director: Hans-Joachim Kasprzik | Stars: Rolf Herricht, Agnes Kraus, Charlotte Küter, Evelyn Cron
Votes: 53
26. Das Stacheltier - Hexeneinmaleins (1962)
Short
Director: Werner Bergmann | Stars: Willi Narloch, Fritz Schlegel
27. Das Stacheltier - Zwei Anekdoten: Blitz und Donner (1962)
Short
Director: János Veiczi | Stars: Gerd Ehlers, Ostara Körner, Stefan Lisewski
28. Fiete im Netz (1958)
Director: Siegfried Hartmann | Stars: Ulrike Brunn, Peter Festersen, Brigitte Krause, Anton Kuck
29. Das Stacheltier - Die Trickbetrügerin (1960)
Short
Director: Herwart Grosse | Stars: Charlotte Brummerhoff, Ruth-Maria Kemper, Willi Narloch, Marianne Wünscher
30. Der Strass (1991)
89 min | Drama
Director: Andreas Höntsch | Stars: Sylvia Frank, Catharina Krautz, Eberhard Mellies, Claudia Maria Meyer
Votes: 11
31. Rivalen am Steuer (1957)
101 min
Manfred Falk is a successful and experienced racer. In a car race in West Germany the South American motorist Eisenacher Alvarez becomes interested in Manfred and wants to hire him. Manuela... See full summary »
Director: E.W. Fiedler | Stars: Johannes Arpe, Hermann Belitz, Gertrud Bergmann, Albrecht Bethge
Votes: 14
32. Du und ich und Klein-Paris (1971)
100 min | Comedy, Romance
When Angelika moves into Ms. Häublein's apartment as a boarder, college student Thomas is intrigued by her, but so are a photographer, a naval lieutenant, and all her classmates while Angelika seems naively oblivious to all those advances.
Director: Werner W. Wallroth | Stars: Evelyn Opoczynski, Jaecki Schwarz, Jürgen Frohriep, Gerd Grasse
Votes: 34
33. DEFA 70 (1967)
34 min | Short, Music
Director: Werner Bergmann | Stars: Eva Kant, Gunter Schoß, Ivan Malré, Eberhard Cohrs
34. Karlchen, durchhalten (1979 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama
Director: Siegfried Hartmann | Stars: Katja Paryla, Olaf Schmechel, Rosemarie Bärhold, Gerhard Bienert
35. Das Stacheltier - Aber genau! (1965)
Short
Director: Heinz Thiel | Stars: Ingeborg Naß, Werner Lierck, Herbert Köfer
36. Die Squaw Tschapajews (1973)
79 min | Family
Director: Günter Meyer | Stars: Anke Schwenn, Lars Klemm, Uwe Schumann, Franc Pfennig
37. Nicht schummeln, Liebling (1973)
88 min | Comedy, Musical
In Sonnenthal kann nur der etwas erreichen, der es mit dem Fußball hält, denn der Herr Bürgermeister (Karel Fiala) will sein Städtchen per namhafter Fußballelf bekannt machen. Darunter aber... See full summary »
Director: Joachim Hasler | Stars: Rolf Herricht, Stefan Lisewski, Dorit Gäbler, Christel Bodenstein
Votes: 49
39. Das Stacheltier - Endstation Kanal (1957)
Short, Comedy
Director: Richard Groschopp | Stars: Ursula Dücker, Willy Krause, Ruth-Maria Kubitschek, Wolfgang Lohse
40. Polonia Restituta (1983)
50 min | Drama, History
The film is about events related to Poland regaining independence after years of partitions - from the creation of Legions in Krakow by Jozef Pilsudski in 1914, to discussions and decisions... See full summary »
Stars: Janusz Zakrzenski, Krzysztof Chamiec, Józef Fryzlewicz, Jerzy Kaliszewski
41. Das Stacheltier - Schlauberger oder Die Kinderkonferenz (1959)
Short
Director: Lothar Dutombé | Stars: Eva-Maria Hagen, Werner Lierck, Gina Presgott, Marianne Wünscher
42. Trailer: Blutsbrüder (I) (1974)
Documentary, Short
Director: Heinz Thiel | Stars: Gojko Mitic, Dean Reed
43. Tolko vdvoyom (1976)
82 min | Romance
Director: Georgiy Kuznetsov | Stars: Sergey Kolesnikov, Tatyana Tashkova, Leonid Dyachkov, Valentina Kirillina
Votes: 7
44. Das Stacheltier - Alter Hut und Schweinezähne (1964)
Short
Director: Erich Brehm | Stars: Heinz Draehn, Hannelore Fabry, Rosa Lotze, Steffie Spira
45. Das Stacheltier - Ballmanns Steckenpferd (1959)
Short
Director: Ernst Kahler | Stars: Rudolf Christoph, Hanna Donner, Gerd Ehlers, Johannes Maus
46. Das Stacheltier - Ballets Negro: Africains du Senegal (1964)
Short
Director: Karl-Heinz Carpentier
47. Das Stacheltier - Seltsame Jagd (1960)
Short
Director: Gerhard Klein | Stars: Norbert Christian, Jean Brahn, Gerhard Klisch
48. Das Stacheltier - Campingflaschen (1962)
Short
Director: Hubert Hoelzke | Stars: Wolfgang Borkenhagen, Rudolf Christoph, Hans-Joachim Glaeser, Hans-Edgar Stecher
49. Das Stacheltier - Der Kampf mit dem Drachen (1959)
Short
Director: Otto Tausig | Stars: Jürgen Dube, Walter Schramm, Heinz Schubert
50. Das Stacheltier - Ein Mann mit Herz (1957)
Short
Director: Gottfried Kolditz | Stars: Jean Brahn, Ruth-Maria Kubitschek, Werner Pledath, Jochen Thomas