DEFA Film Library

DEFA Film Library
Company typeNonprofit organization
FoundedAmherst, Massachusetts, U.S. (September 23, 1993 (1993-09-23))
FounderBarton Byg
Headquarters
Amherst, Massachusetts
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Websitewww.umass.edu/defa

The DEFA Film Library at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is the only research center and archive outside of Germany devoted to a broad spectrum of filmmaking from and related to the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany). DEFA (Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft) was the name of the state-owned film studio of the German Democratic Republic.

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