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In October 1989, Rolf Richter called for the restoration and the release of the twelve DEFA films that were banned in the aftermath of the 11th Plenum of the SED Party in 1965-66. Richter became the head of the Investigation Committee for the Course of Events around the Banned or Withdrawn Films that worked on re-releases of the films.
After the Plenum, twelve DEFA films were banned—by interrupting production, refusing approval for release, or withdrawn from distribution. Each of the banned films had its own complex censorship story; but common to all of the targeted films was that they offered a new sense of creativity, fantasy, openness, and critical acuity.
The film featured Manfred Krug (b. 1937), the biggest star in the East German industry until his departure for the West in 1977 after a conflict with the party. In 1965 the party intervened drastically by banning twelve completed films and dismissing some management at DEFA.
Feb 8, 2016 · In 1965, the East German authorities decided to ban a dozen films produced in the country. They became known as the "shelved films" or "Kaninchenfilme" (rabbit films), in reference to the title...
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In 1965, however, the Central Committee of East Germany’s ruling SED party abruptly changed its cultural policies, resulting in a wave of censorship in which all the feature films made at the DEFA Studio that year were banned.
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Jan 2, 2022 · The attention paid by state and party to the anti-fascist genre confirmed that what was at stake was indeed the state genre. In the GDR, the film industry was generally centralized and controlled by the Film Head Office of the Ministry of Culture. DEFA was the only “people’s” film studio.
