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DEFA was the state-owned film studio of the German Democratic Republic throughout the country's existence. Since 2019, DEFA's film heritage has been made accessible and licensable on the PROGRESS arch
Founding congress of DEFA Studio, Berlin, May 1946
DEFA feature film studios, Babelsberg, Potsdam, July 1952
Two Young Pioneers examine the brochure for the DEFA children's film Die Störenfriede (The Troublemakers) before a screening, July 1953.
Babelsberg Studio
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Babelsberg Film Studio, located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world, producing films since 1912. With a total area of about 460,000 square
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…other feature films using the former Tobis studio facilities in Berlin and the Althoff Studios in Babelsberg. Subsequently, its principal studio was the Babelsberg Studio built by Ufa in the 1920s. On 14 July 1947, the company officially moved its headquarters to the Babelsberg Studio, and on 13 November 1947, the company's…
Filmstudio Babelsberg Eingang
Movie set Berlin at Filmpark Babelsberg, adjacent to the studios
The 1927 film Metropolis was made at Babelsberg. (Photo shows the statue of the film figure Maria in the Filmpark Babelsberg.)