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DEFA

former state-owned film studio in East Germany
Organization film_studio Q819391
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DEFA

Summary

DEFA is a film studio[1]. DEFA draws 447 Wikipedia views per month (film_studio category, ranking #58 of 208).[2]

Key Facts

  • DEFA received the European Film Award Special Mention[3].
  • DEFA is in the country of German Democratic Republic[4].
  • DEFA's instance of is recorded as film studio[5].
  • DEFA's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • DEFA is owned by German Democratic Republic[7].
  • DEFA's headquarters location is recorded as Potsdam[8].
  • DEFA's child organization or unit is recorded as DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme[9].
  • DEFA's child organization or unit is recorded as DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme[10].
  • DEFA's child organization or unit is recorded as DEFA-Studio für Kurzfilme[11].
  • DEFA's child organization or unit is recorded as DEFA-Studio für populärwissenschaftliche Filme[12].
  • DEFA's Commons category is recorded as DEFA[13].
  • 1946 marks the founding of DEFA[14].
  • DEFA was dissolved in 1992[15].
  • DEFA ended on 1992[16].
  • DEFA's topic's main category is recorded as Category:DEFA[17].
  • DEFA's replaces is recorded as UFA[18].
  • DEFA's replaced by is recorded as Compagnie Générale des Eaux[19].
  • DEFA's different from is recorded as DEFA 550[20].
  • DEFA's has works in the collection is recorded as Anne Frank House[21].

Body

Founding

1946 marks the founding of DEFA[14].

Operations

DEFA's headquarters location is recorded as Potsdam[8]. Subsidiaries include DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme[9], a film studio[22]; DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme[10], a production company[23], in German Democratic Republic[24], founded in 1955[25], headquartered in Dresden[26]; DEFA-Studio für Kurzfilme[11]; and DEFA-Studio für populärwissenschaftliche Filme[12], a film studio[27], in German Democratic Republic[28], founded in 1952[29].

Ownership

DEFA is owned by German Democratic Republic[7].

Recognition

DEFA received the European Film Award Special Mention[3].

Dissolution

DEFA was dissolved in 1992[15].

Why It Matters

DEFA draws 447 Wikipedia views per month (film_studio category, ranking #58 of 208).[2] DEFA has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] DEFA is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

What awards did DEFA receive?

Honors received include European Film Award Special Mention[3].

Related Entities

business

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    End time → +1992-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Country → German Democratic Republic
    Replaces → UFA
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