Progress Film

Progress Film was an East German film distribution company. Progress was established to handle the release of films produced by DEFA, the state-controlled production outfit of Communist East Germany. Like DEFA, Progress Film was a monopoly company and its films were carefully vetted by the regime for their content. Progress took over this role in the early 1950s from Sovexport, a Soviet-controlled company which operated during the period following the Battle of Berlin in 1945 and the Allied Occupation of Germany.

Progress also distributed foreign film imports, particularly those from other Eastern Bloc countries. In 1950 the company handled the release of the Stalinist epic The Fall of Berlin in East Germany.

After German reunification, DEFA ceased producing films and Progress fell into abeyance. However it enjoyed a revival as many of the former East German films were re-released and became cult classics.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Heiduschke p.33

Bibliography

  • Sebastian Heiduschke. East German Cinema: DEFA and Film History. Springer 2013
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