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The Border Crossing. by Lübbert, Orlando,film director.; Arias, Adelaide,actor.; Reyna, Aníbal,actor.; Medina, Hugo,actor.; Castro, Oscar,actor.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;

Adelaide Arias, Aníbal Reyna, Hugo Medina, Oscar CastroOriginally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1978.In 1973, shortly after the military Junta coup in Chile, three men—the worker Carlos, the student Juan and the government official Lorenzo—tried to escape to Argentina over the Andes. Along the way, they witness the murder of a farmer by Chilean policemen. Juan urgently needs medical attention for torture wounds from his time in prison, and they end up at the home of the farmer’s heavily pregnant wife. She takes them in, and the three men help her give birth. Once they finally cross the border, their application for asylum is denied. Carlos and Lorenzo are captured and brought back to Chile, but Juan escapes and tries to rescue his companions.Chilean director Orlando Lübbert worked in East Germany from 1977 to 1979. The Border Crossing is the only film he directed for the DEFA Studios.Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Farewell Disco. by Losansky, Rolf,film director.; Matschulat, Annelise,actor.; Kubisch, Holger,actor.; Schulze, Horst,actor.; Schwarz, Jaecki,actor.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;

Annelise Matschulat, Holger Kubisch, Horst Schulze, Jaecki SchwarzOriginally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1990.15-year-old Henning is deeply shaken by the death of Silke, his first love. He decides to visit his grandfather one more time in his village that soon must give way to brown coal mining. Henning is speechless when he sees excavators eating through the landscape, destroying all life. In the almost deserted area, he encounters various people: A scavenger; a villager, who saves animals; and a woman in a closed disco. Being in this seemingly haunted environment, questions arise for the boy about the responsibility of saving the earth. In the end, he plants little trees in an almost dead landscape.Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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On Probation. by Zschoche, Herrmann,film director.; Steyer, Christian,actor.; Schwarz, Jaecki,actor.; Sass, Katrin,actor.; Lennartz, Monika,actor.; Werner, Ursula,actor.; Kockisch, Uwe,actor.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;

Christian Steyer, Jaecki Schwarz, Katrin Sass, Monika Lennartz, Ursula Werner, Uwe KockischOriginally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1981.“I can't live without my children!” is the cry of a desperate mother. Nina Kern, a divorcee in her late twenties, loses custody of her three children through a temporary restraining order citing accusations of “child neglect” and “antisocial lifestyle.” The judge gives Nina one last chance on probation to prove that she is fit to care for her children. A civil engineer and a teacher from the neighborhood assume responsibility for Nina and her children. Will she prove herself?A touching film adaptation of the eponymous novel by Tine Schulze-Gerlach.Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Motion pictures--Germany.; Families.; Motion pictures--Europe.;

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The Seventh Year. by Vogel, Frank,film director.; Mächler, Bettina,actor.; Rameik, Jessy,actor.; Gabriel, Monika,actor.; Thein, Ulrich,actor.; Kieling, Wolfgang,actor.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;

Bettina Mächler, Jessy Rameik, Monika Gabriel, Ulrich Thein, Wolfgang KielingOriginally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1969.Barbara, a young heart surgeon at the prestigious East Berlin Charité hospital, struggles with her profession and the associated failures, as well as with her marriage. Since her husband is a sought-after actor, the marriage is also strained by different working hours. The stress of everyday life does not leave much time for her little daughter. Shortly before their seventh wedding anniversary, Barbara plunges into a crisis. Should she give up her career to save her marriage? A remarkable film about a marital crisis and a family story told from a woman's point of view. Critics not only praised the performance of the leading actors but also the extraordinary camera work.Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Banquet for Achilles. by Gräf, Roland,film director.; Grube-Deister, Elsa,actor.; Geschonneck, Erwin,actor.; Delmare, Fred,actor.; Wachowiak, Jutta,actor.; Lubosch, Ute,actor.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;

Elsa Grube-Deister, Erwin Geschonneck, Fred Delmare, Jutta Wachowiak, Ute LuboschOriginally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1975.Karl Achilles has worked at the Bitterfeld chemical combine for 30 years. Having helped build the plant since WWII ended in 1945, he will now retire at the age of 65. Achilles, however, intends to spend more time with his family and to cultivate his garden. But it is a difficult farewell for him knowing that he is no longer up to the new technical challenges and that his younger colleagues are outdoing him.BANQUET FOR ACHILLES was filmed on original location in Bitterfeld. Showing smoking chimneys of the plant and the destroyed landscape as central motifs, it became the first East German feature film to respond critically to environmental issues, which were officially taboo topics.Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Motion Pictures.; Motion pictures--Germany.; Motion pictures--Europe.;

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Signals - A Space Adventure. by Koldtiz, Gottfried,film director.; Müller, Alfred,actor.; Zharikov, Evgeniy,actor.; Mitic, Gojko,actor.; Karel, Irena,actor.; Ugowski, Karin,actor.; Pawlowski, Piotr,actor.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;

Alfred Müller, Evgeniy Zharikov, Gojko Mitic, Irena Karel, Karin Ugowski, Piotr PawlowskiOriginally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1970.In the mid-21st century, the research vessel Ikaros has disappeared in space. Commander Veikko of the spaceship Laika assembles a crew to search for the missing ship and its crew. As the team travels through the meteoroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, they receive strange radio signals shortly before discovering the empty wreck of the Ikaros. The signals seem to point to the existence of a foreign civilization and the crew is afraid of a potential threat. Nevertheless, Commander Veikko is convinced that a technologically proficient civilization must be advanced beyond hostility and aggression. A 6K digitization from the original 70mm negatives.Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Science fiction.; Motion Pictures.; Motion pictures--Germany.; Action and adventure films.; Outer space.; Science fiction films.; Motion pictures--Europe.;

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Blond Tango. by Warneke, Lothar,film director.; Quintana-Contreras, Alejandro,actor.; Steyer, Christian,actor.; Meyer, Gerhard,actor.; Schall, Johanna,actor.; Düwel, Karin,actor.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;

Alejandro Quintana-Contreras, Christian Steyer, Gerhard Meyer, Johanna Schall, Karin DüwelOriginally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1986.Rogelio was forced into exile by the Chilean military Junta after being arrested and put into the Antofagasta prison camp. For five years, he has lived as a Chilean exile in the GDR, where he works as a lighting technician at a small local theater. Rogelio is lonely and isolated. He fantasizes about the opera singer Cornelia, and in his letters to his mother, he spins his dream into reality. He writes to her about his happy relationship and plans of marriage as if they were real. On the same day that Rogelio decides he cannot keep up the lie, he receives a letter from back home that turns his life upside down. The film is based on the 1983 novel by Chilean writer Omar Saavedra Santis (1944-2021), who spent many years in East German exile before he returned to Chile in 2009.Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Osceola. by Petzold, Konrad,film director.; Mitic, Gojko,actor.; Schulze, Horst,actor.; Darie, Iurie,actor.; Ugowski, Karin,actor.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;

Gojko Mitic, Horst Schulze, Iurie Darie, Karin UgowskiOriginally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1971.Florida, 1830. Of all eastern Indigenous nations, only the Seminoles have resisted being moved to reservations. Having retreated to Florida, they live a rich horticultural life, while white plantation owners, angry at the increasing numbers of Black slaves fleeing to Seminole protection, want to take their land. Plantation owner Raynes, in particular, has convinced the US military to wipe out the Seminoles. His rival Moore, a sawmill owner from the North who has a Seminole wife, is against slavery on moral grounds and considers it unprofitable. Seminole leader Osceola sees the coming danger and despite his efforts, he cannot prevent the war that breaks out in 1835.Since the 1960s, the East German DEFA Studio for Feature Films adapted the Western film genre for socialism, while also attempting a gesture of solidarity with the Indigenous nations of North America. Films such as this one, include the representation of unacceptable practices, cultural appropriation, as well as racist and stereotypical depictions, characterization, language and imagery. The DEFA Film Library’s English-subtitled version makes efforts to address racist language and honor authorship. In the subtitles, terms for Black, Native American and Indigenous peoples that have always been derogatory in English and German are indicated as [n-word] or [i-word].Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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