Acronyms -- Introduction. DEFA at the Crossroads: Remapping the Terrain -- Part I. Extending the Socialist Collective -- Chapter 1. Cinema and Socialist Modernity -- Chapter 2. Emplotting Antifascism: Heroes, Scoundrels, Traitors -- Chapter 3. Divided Loyalties: Technocrats and the Working Class in DEFA Films -- Chapter 4. Representations of Art and the Artist in East German Cinema -- Chapter 5. Family Feelings: Kinship, Gender and Social Utopia in DEFA Film -- Part II. Expanding the Reach of Entertainment -- Chapter 6. Not Only Entertainment: Sights and Sounds of the DEFA Music Film -- Chapter 7. The Trail Runs Cold: DEFA's Crime Films -- Chapter 8. A Late Genre Fade: Utopianism and its Twilight in DEFA's Science Fiction, Literary and Western Films -- Chapter 9. Public Figures, Political Symbols, Famous Stars: Actors in DEFA Cinema and Beyond -- Part III. Enlarging the Map -- Chapter 10. 'Wind from the East': DEFA and Eastern European Cinema -- Chapter 11. DEFA Children's Films: Not Just for Children -- Chapter 12. DEFA Films for the Youth: National Paradigms, International Influences -- Chapter 13. Alternative Realities and Authenticity in DEFA's Documentary Films -- Bibliography -- Selected Filmography -- List of Illustrations -- Contributors -- Index.