Shortly after WWII, the DEFA Studios produced a series of operas and operettas which belonged to the classical German musical heritage. This enchanting film, the very first opera production of DEFA, stands out because of its lavish decor and costumes, its outstanding actors and their masterful voices of that time.

In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious Sweeney Todd, a once-naive barber whose ...

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and ...

A young singer turns his back on God and his father's church when tragedy strikes. He returns years ...

Things seem pretty bad for a young girl living a "hard-knock life" in an orphanage. Fed up with the ...

CARMEN is the classic tale of forbidden passion between a young man and a spoken-for woman, Carmen. ...

Just as a young woman is about to marry her sweetheart, she is discovered—by the entire village, to ...

A village hires a priestess to pray for the safety of their pearl fishermen, but long lost love gets...

José Cura sings and acts here with an inwardness and intensity which make a profound impression. So ...

German all-star musical from 1938 that was a big commercial success.

A series of musical performances showcasing the diverse facets of fado, a musical genre from Lisbon.

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert...

Left behind by her friends on a boat trip, contemporary teen Mabel takes pursuit but is knocked unco...

Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey an...

A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store,...

Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with D...

Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedl...

Mr Banks is looking for a nanny for his two mischievous children and comes across Mary Poppins, an a...

Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame ...

A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own pers...

Based on a revolutionary play supposedly written by the Eternal President of the Democratic People's...