DEFA Indianerfilm

Gojko Mitic, at the Summer FIlm Days, 1971

DEFA Indianerfilme ("DEFA Indian films") was a series of adventure and western films ("Red Westerns") produced by the GDR DEFA film studio. The name comes from the obsolete term "Indians" for Indigenous peoples of the Americas.[1][2][3][4][5]

Between 1962 and 1983 DEFA produced 14 films of this type, about the resistance of Native Americans against white invaders.[6] A memorable actor in the series was Yugoslavian (Serbian) actor Gojko Mitic portraying fictional Native Americans ("Indians"), "Winnetou of the East", who played in 12 of these films.[5]

The films are searchable in the PROGRESS film database.[7]

Films

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Below are the 14 Indianerfilme and a parody.

DEFA division "Roter Kreis"

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DEFA division "Johannisthal"

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DEFA division "Berlin"

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See also

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References

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