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Between the end of World War II and the fall of the Berlin Wall, the weird and wonderful film production line in communist East Germany included sci-fi, westerns, film noir and some uniquely disturbing fairytales. Eighty years after the formation of the DEFA film company, and with many of the films emerging on Blu-ray, we select 10 of the best.
By Craig Ian Mann
By Richard Pickard
By Uditha Devapriya
By Gayle Sequeira
By Mike Sutton
By Adam Nayman
By David Parkinson
By Sophia Satchell-Baeza
By Katherine McLaughlin
By Rafa Sales Ross
By Christina Newland
By George Bass
By Lindsay Anderson, John Gillett and others
By John Bleasdale, Rory Doherty and others
By Tiago de Luca
By Rory Doherty
By Kazuo Ishiguro
By David Parkinson
By Carmen Gray
By Filipe Furtado
By Anton Bitel
By Chloe Walker
By Rory Doherty
By Alex Ramon
By Brogan Morris
By Alex Davidson, Grace Barber-Plentie and others
By Brogan Morris
By Ali Lalfam
By Christina Newland
By Rory Doherty
