DEFA

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Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft
DEFA

Formation	17 May 1946
Dissolved	1992
Headquarters	East Berlin
Location	East Germany

DEFA (Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft) was the state-owned film studio of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) throughout the country's existence. Since 2019, DEFA's film heritage has been made accessible and licensable on the PROGRESS archive platform. The DEFA Foundation is a non-profit organisation that was established in order to preserve the films in the DEFA library as well as the film studios, and make them accessible to the public.