On May 17, 1946, Deutsche-Film AG (DEFA) was founded in Potsdam-Babelsberg. Until 1990, DEFA produced nearly 700 feature films, 750 animation films, 2250 short and documentary films and synchronized about 8,000 films from abroad.
Kurt Maetzig
Ulrich Weiß
Lothar Warneke
Roland Dressel
Rainer Simon
Peter Kahane
Herwig Kipping
Hildegard Knef
Hans Heinrich
Ulrich Gregor
Christiane Mückenberger
Klaus Wischnewski
Frank Beyer
Roland Oehme
Egon Günther
Günter Witt
Horst Pehnert