As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.

In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into ...

During the Nazi occupation of 1944 Rome, Resistance leader Giorgio Manfredi is pursued by the Nazis ...

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty yea...

A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons ...

A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm and is on the fast track to ...

Celebrating the end of World War II and liberation of their city, a group of students is set on hold...

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the ...

Set in North Karelia, whne Antti Ihalainen's house runs out of matches, he goes to borrow some from ...

Factory workers in 1947 repair a bridge over Song Hua River so that Communist forces can use it.

On the Spring of 1945 the Jackson circus is heading towards the border with the clown Peti and Aida,...

This music filled biopic follows the life of the legendary tenor Enrico Caruso from childhood povert...

After finding out that her husband, Rudi, has a fatal illness, Trudi Angermeier arranges a trip to B...

In 1912, the Titanic embarks on its inevitable collision course with history. In the wake of the ove...

As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female ...

Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the ...

Marika is a cheerful girl who lives on the Danube aboard an old barge she inherited from her father....

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by ...

After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replaceme...

An acclaimed college hoops coach is demoted to a junior varsity team after a public meltdown.

Shortly after WWII, the DEFA Studios produced a series of operas and operettas which belonged to the...