DEFA

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film studio state-owned enterprise

DEFA was the state-owned film studio of East Germany, known for producing feature films, documentaries, and animated works during the socialist era.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
DEFA canonical	2
DEFA Foundation	1
DEFA Studio for Animated Films	1
DEFA Studio for Documentary Films	1
DEFA Studio for Feature Films	1
DEFA Studio for Popular Science Films	1
East German cinema	1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film studio ⓘ state-owned enterprise ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft ⓘ
archiveHeldBy	DEFA self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: DEFA Foundation
country	East Germany ⓘ surface form: German Democratic Republic
dissolved	1992 ⓘ
distributedIn	Eastern Bloc ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ West Germany ⓘ international film festivals ⓘ
employed	Frank Beyer ⓘ Gerhard Klein NERFINISHED ⓘ Günter Reisch ⓘ Heiner Carow ⓘ Konrad Wolf ⓘ Kurt Maetzig ⓘ Lotte Reiniger ⓘ Rainer Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ Slatan Dudow ⓘ Wolfgang Staudte NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadDivision	DEFA self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: DEFA Studio for Animated Films DEFA self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: DEFA Studio for Documentary Films DEFA self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: DEFA Studio for Feature Films DEFA self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: DEFA Studio for Popular Science Films DEFA Synchronization Studio ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Potsdam-Babelsberg ⓘ
inception	1946 ⓘ
industry	film production ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ
legacy	important part of German film history ⓘ major producer of East German cinema ⓘ
locatedIn	East Germany ⓘ
mainActivity	production of animated films ⓘ production of documentaries ⓘ production of feature films ⓘ production of newsreels ⓘ
notableWork	Jacob the Liar ⓘ Solo Sunny ⓘ The Legend of Paul and Paula ⓘ The Murderers Are Among Us ⓘ The Rabbit Is Me ⓘ The Silent Star ⓘ Singing Ringing Tree ⓘ surface form: The Singing Ringing Tree The Story of Little Mook ⓘ Trace of Stones ⓘ
operated	Babelsberg Film Studio ⓘ surface form: Babelsberg Studios
operatedInPoliticalSystem	socialist state ⓘ
ownedBy	state of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
parentOrganization	Ministry of Culture of the GDR ⓘ
politicalAlignment	socialist ⓘ
producedGenre	animation ⓘ anti-fascist films ⓘ children’s films ⓘ fairy-tale films ⓘ historical dramas ⓘ socialist realist films ⓘ
significantEvent	nationalization of film industry in East Germany ⓘ
significantPeriod	Cold War ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Babelsberg Film Studio → usedBy → DEFA ⓘ

DEFA → hadDivision → DEFA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: DEFA Studio for Feature Films

DEFA → hadDivision → DEFA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: DEFA Studio for Documentary Films

DEFA → hadDivision → DEFA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: DEFA Studio for Popular Science Films

DEFA → hadDivision → DEFA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: DEFA Studio for Animated Films

DEFA → archiveHeldBy → DEFA self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: DEFA Foundation

Heinz Behrens → employer → DEFA ⓘ

Heinz Behrens → partOf → DEFA ⓘ

this entity surface form: East German cinema