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They became known as the "shelved films" or "Kaninchenfilme" (rabbit films), in reference to the title of one of the forbidden movies called "Das Kaninchen bin ich" (The Rabbit is Me).</p> <p> These films were planned and legally produced with the authorization of the German Democratic Republic, but banned shortly before or after being released. One may wonder: Why didn't this censorship occur earlier in the production process?</p> <p> "There were two different currents within the governing Socialist Unity Party," explains Ralf Schenk from the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113130006/http://www.defa-stiftung.de/en" target="_blank" class="icon external" rel="nofollow noopener">DEFA foundation,</a> which is in charge of preserving the films of the former East German film studios, DEFA.</p> <p> "In the one camp were the old Stalinists, the dogmatists with a strict interpretation of the Communist orders from the 1950s," Schenk told DW. Meanwhile on the other side of this divide were reformists who were ready to allow a slow economic and cultural liberalization. </p> <div class="picBox medium "> <a class="overlayLink" href="#" link="/overlay/image/article/19027480/19010733" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer;"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113130006im_/https://static.dw.com/image/19010733_404.jpg" title="Jutta Hoffmann in Karla - a movie directed by Hermann Zschoche. Copyright: DEFA-Stiftung/Eberhard Daßdorf" alt="Jutta Hoffmann in Karla - a movie directed by Hermann Zschoche. Copyright: DEFA-Stiftung/Eberhard Daßdorf"> </a> <p>Lyrical poetry in East German cinema: Jutta Hoffmann is "Karla" - a movie directed by Hermann Zschoche</p> </div> <p>In 1965, the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party (SED) held its infamous 11th Meeting, where hardliners managed to impose their views, leading to the renewal of many restrictions in East Germany.</p> <p> As a consequence, 12 DEFA films were banned that year. Ten of them are now available in a digitally restored version in a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113130006/http://www.icestorm.de/dvd-defa-verbotsfilme-sparkauf.html" target="_blank" class="icon external" rel="nofollow noopener">DVD box set</a> called "DEFA - Verboten" (in German, with English subtitles), and four of those movies will be shown during the upcoming <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113130006/https://www.berlinale.de/en/das_festival/sektionen_sonderveranstaltungen/retrospektive/index.html" target="_blank" class="icon external" rel="nofollow noopener">Berlin International Film Festival.</a></p> <p> <b>'Das Kaninchen bin ich' (English: 'The Rabbit is Me')</b></p> <p> The censorship of this film came as quite a surprise. After all, the director Kurt Maetzig was one of East Germany's showcase filmmakers - he had previously directed the biography of the leader of the Communist Part of Germany, Ernst Thälmann. Yet in his banned film, Maetzig told the story of a disillusioned young woman whose brother stood accused of incitement of the people; the movie also featured a judge who leads a double life. "The film spreads skepticism," declared the Central Committee to justify the ban.</p> <div class="picBox medium rechts "> <a class="overlayLink" href="#" link="/overlay/image/article/19027480/19011094" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer;"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113130006im_/https://static.dw.com/image/19011094_404.jpg" title="Film still from Denk bloß nicht, ich heule, 1965 - Copyright: DEFA-Stiftung" alt="Film still from Denk bloß nicht, ich heule, 1965 - Copyright: DEFA-Stiftung"> </a> <p>Considered "particularly harmful" by censors: "Just Don't Think I'll Cry" by Frank Vogel</p> </div> <p> <b>"Denk bloß nicht, ich heule" (Just Don't Think I'll Cry)</b></p> <p> The censorship of this film by Frank Vogel did not surprise anyone. Vogel told the story of a young couple rebelling against the strict world views of adults around them. Like elsewhere in the world, East German youth started questioning the established conventions of the 1960s. This was particularly irritating for the authorities. The Central Committee deemed that the film questioned "young people's socialist education and character." </p> <p> <b>"Berlin um die Ecke" (Berlin Around the Corner)</b></p> <p> In this movie, two friends oppose the strict guidelines at their workplace in East Germany. This leads to a conflict with the press, too. For the Central Committee, this was one of the "worst films" of the year. The authorities declared the film needed to be banned for its "anti-socialist, harmfully critical attitude."</p> <div class="picBox medium "> <a class="overlayLink" href="#" link="/overlay/image/article/19027480/19010732" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer;"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113130006im_/https://static.dw.com/image/19010732_404.jpg" title="Film still from Jahrgang 45 - Copyright: DEFA-Stiftung" alt="Film still from Jahrgang 45 - Copyright: DEFA-Stiftung"> </a> <p>A scene from "Born in '45": Even in East Germany, you could find a few rebels without a cause in the mid-60s</p> </div> <p> <b>"Jahrgang 45" (Born in '45)</b></p> <p> This movie by Jürgen Böttche did not promote the views of the moral guardians of the socialist elite either, as it featured a young Berlin couple with a provocative attitude questioning the world around them. The authorities also disapproved the bulk of the film's locations, which was shot in backyards and cellars. "The buildings look sad, inhospitable, dirty and unkempt," wrote the censors.</p> <p> <b>"Karla"</b></p> <p> This might be the most beautiful film among those banned that year. Karla, played by Jutta Hoffmann, is a newly trained teacher who starts her first job in a small town. She is unconventional and lively - which didn't correspond with the socialist teaching methods promoted by the authorities. "This film also propagates false ideals," judged the authorities.</p> <div class="picBox medium rechts "> <a class="overlayLink" href="#" link="/overlay/image/article/19027480/19011097" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer;"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113130006im_/https://static.dw.com/image/19011097_404.jpg" title="Verboten: The DVD set with 10 of the forbidden films, Copyright: Icestorm" alt="Verboten: The DVD set with 10 of the forbidden films, Copyright: Icestorm"> </a> <p>"Verboten": The DVD set with 10 of the forbidden films</p> </div> <p> <b>'Wenn Du groß bist, lieber Adam' (When You Grow Up, Dear Adam)</b></p> <p> The aesthetics and narrative of this movie are the most radical of these shelved films. A young boy receives from a swan a flashlight with magical powers: It throws liars into the air (see top picture). "The film uses a lyrical symbol, however it is ambiguous," determined the film censors. They criticized the film's unsettling lack of a coherent idea or statement.</p> <p> <b>"Der Frühling braucht Zeit" (Spring Needs Time)</b></p> <p> This rather plainly directed movie depicts the hardships of an engineer in charge of power supply in East Germany. Filmmaker Günter Stahnke explored the existing power struggles between reformists and dogmatists in the socialist system. Lines of dialogue such as "East Germany does not need any experts or engineers, but rather 1,000 little helpers to perform the leaders' orders," were not something the East German bureaucrats were ready to accept in a film.</p> <p> <b>"Der verlorene Engel" (The Lost Angel)</b></p> <p> This is one of the least-known movies among the 12 originally banned films - a true rediscovery of a gem. The film by director Ralf Kirsten, which runs at nearly one hour, tells the story of the sculptor Ernst Barlach in 1937, immediately after the Nazis had banned his famous sculpture "The Angel" from the Cathedral of Güstrow. Barlach (played by Fred Düren) wanders through and around Güstrow, trying to determine how to position himself towards the Nazis. He reflects on the value of art in times of dictatorship. A resourceful viewer could obviously have transposed such questions to another authoritarian system as well.</p> <div class="picBox full rechts "> <a class="overlayLink" href="#" link="/overlay/image/article/19027480/19010737" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer;"> <img loading="lazy" itemprop="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20220113130006im_/https://static.dw.com/image/19010737_401.jpg" title="Film Still, Manfred Krug in Trace of Stones - Copyright: Stiftung/Klaus D. Schwarz" alt="Film Still, Manfred Krug in Trace of Stones - Copyright: Stiftung/Klaus D. Schwarz"> </a> <p>One Germany's coolest film characters: Manfred Krug in "Trace of Stones"</p> </div> <p> <b>'Spur der Steine' (Trace of Stones)</b></p> <p> This is the most recognized movie among the "forbidden 12." It remains compelling to this day and is undoubtedly one of the best films produced in post-war Germany. Manfred Krug depicts a construction foreman who has a delinquent, yet productive, working style. The film provides a "distorted picture of our socialist reality," wrote a critic in the newspaper "Neues Deutschland" at the time. Frank Beyer's "Spur der Steine" was shown three days in theaters before being shelved.</p> <p> <b>'Hände hoch oder ich schieße' (Hands Up or I'll Shoot)</b></p> <p> This is the only comedy among the banned films. An East German police officer is desperately bored because of the lack of crime in the town of Wolkenheim. The caricatured claim of the film was that there was no crime in East Germany. 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