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Black and white design showing a close-up of a woman looking into a mirror while applying makeup with a small brush to her cheek. The reflection creates a doubled image of her face on the right side, giving a layered visual effect. Text in the upper left reads “A film by Lothar Warneke.” A wide pink band across the lower portion displays the title “Apprehension” in large white letters. Smaller text at the bottom notes a Venice Film Festival nomination, with the DEFA Film Library logo in the lower left corner.

Apprehension

Original title: Die Beunruhigung
Director: Lothar Warneke


GDR, 1981, 96 min, b&w
In German; English subtitles


$24.95
Poster-style design with a light gray patterned background and multiple film festival laurels across the top. Large red and black text reads “Art Work: Six Shorts by Jürgen Böttcher,” with a stylized handwritten signature behind the title. The lower right features a black and white photograph of an elderly man with white hair standing beside a geometric abstract sculpture made of rectangular pieces. He gestures toward the structure while standing in an artist’s studio space. The DEFA Film Library logo appears in the lower left corner.

ART | WORK: Six Shorts

Director: Jürgen Böttcher


GDR, 143 min, b&w
In German; English subtitles


$24.95
Poster with a light background featuring bold black text at the top reading “Art Unleashed: Experiments on Film by Lutz Dammbeck.” The center shows a layered collage of red and black abstract paint strokes and graphic marks over a faint photographic image of a person’s face and torso. A gray filmstrip frame overlays the red background, suggesting cinema imagery. Black brushstrokes, arrows, circles, and scribbled marks create a chaotic, expressive composition that resembles experimental visual art. Handwritten notes appear near the lower section. At the bottom, smaller text lists several film titles and years. The DEFA Film Library logo appears in the lower left corner.

Art Unleashed: Experiments on Film by Lutz Dammbeck

Director: Lutz Dammbeck


GDR & Germany, 1978, 132 min, color/b&w
In German; English subtitles
2-DVD Set


$29.95
Poster with a dark blurred background resembling vertical city buildings or motion streaks. Tall columns of text run vertically across the design listing artist names, film titles, and years in white and orange lettering. Examples include Arnold Zweig, Leo Haas, Walter Ballhause, and Karlheinz Mund. The DEFA Film Library logo appears near the top. Across the bottom, a wide black band contains large orange text reading “Arts in Exile.” Smaller white text below states “Nine East German shorts on artists forced to flee the Nazis.” The design emphasizes typography and layered text over an abstract urban backdrop.

ARTS in EXILE

Original title: KUNST im EXIL

Multiple Directors


GDR, multiple years, 204 min, b&w
In German; English subtitles 2-DVD Set


$29.95
Poster-style design featuring a color close-up of two men in the center surrounded by a blurred crowd. The man in front looks serious and faces forward, while the man behind him leans in as if speaking. Muted green and gray blocks frame the top and bottom with stylized, monochrome images of faces in the corners. A black band across the lower center displays the title “Bear Ye One Another’s Burden.” The DEFA Film Library logo appears near the bottom.

Bear Ye One Another's Burden...

Original title: Einer trage des anderen Last
Director: Lothar Warneke


GDR, 1988, 118 min, color
In German; English and other subtitles


$24.95
Poster-style design divided into colored blocks. The left side shows a black and white portrait illustration of Ludwig van Beethoven, while the right side shows a color photograph of a man styled to resemble Beethoven with long gray hair. A teal panel in the upper right reads “Beethoven – Days in a Life.” Across the lower center, large text reads “Beethoven Duet.” Smaller text below references Ludwig van Beethoven and a documentary by Max Jaap. The DEFA Film Library logo appears in the lower right corner.

Beethoven Duet

2-DVD Set

Film 1: Beethoven – Days in a Life

Original title: Beethoven – Tage aus einem Leben

Director: Horst Seemann
GDR, 1976, 104 min, color
In German; English subtitles

Film 2: Ludwig van Beethoven
Director: Max Jaap
GDR, 1954, 94 min, color
In German; English subtitles


$29.95