NVA (film)

NVA
Directed byLeander Haußmann
Written byThomas Brussig
Leander Haußmann
Produced byClaus Boje
Detlev Buck
StarringKim Frank
Oliver Bröcker
Detlev Buck
Jasmin Schwiers
CinematographyFrank Griebe
Music byMarcel Blatti
Paul Lemp
Release date
  • 29 September 2005 (2005-09-29)
Running time
98 min.
LanguageGerman

NVA (German: [ɛn faʊ̯ ˈʔaː] ) is a German comedy film released in 2005 that involves two friends who serve in the National People's Army of the former DDR. It was directed by Leander Haußmann, who – together with Thomas Brussig – also wrote the screenplay. The film caricatures the life of the National People's Army (abbreviated: NVA) in the final years of East Germany.