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From: "Keith Damon Stone" <[log in to unmask]>
Dear Members of German Studies UK :
This is a general announcement...
Have you heard of the DEFA Studios and the high quality films
they produced?
The very first feature film produced in Germany after WWII (The
Murderers Are Among Us, 1946) was a DEFA production and
marks the beginning point of our vast library, which spans into the
early 1990s, concluding just after the Wall came down. During this
fifty-year period, DEFA produced hundreds and hundreds of films of
all genre -- comedies, operas, fairy tales, documentaries, anti-
fascist, westerns, historical newsreels, and much more. Some of
these films were banned outright and never shown to the public
until the 90s. And several of our titles are ranked among the 100
most important German films of all time.
Our company, ICESTORM, is about the business of distributing
these fascinating and historically significant films on video and
DVD worldwide. Our product quality is very high. Virtually every title
has been remastered from the original print with brand new, easy-to-
read subtitles. In most cases, scholarly introductions are printed
inside the video jacket of each film. While we are trying to break
into the world's retail markets with our stronger titles, the
educational market remains our most solid customer base. To
date, we have sold our entire catalog to several American
educational institutions including University of California Berkeley,
Stanford, Harvard, College of William and Mary, and others.
Dozens of libraries and other schools, including secondary level,
have purchased our films for academic use.
There is so much to tell about this "unknown" treasure trove! With
your permission, I would like to send you materials so you can
learn for yourself what I am trying to describe here. Our goal is to
have as many of these films as possible made available to
educators and consumers in the United Kingdom.
I hope you will take some time to investigate our extensive catalog
and maybe even check out our American website (linked below) to
find out more. Also, please feel free to contact me directly with any
comments or suggestions. Thank you.
Kind regards,
Keith Stone
ICESTORM Entertainment GmbH
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COLD WAR - HOT FILMS
The Cinema of East Germany on Video
--and DVD!
ICESTORM Entertainment GmbH
Hauptstraße 159 / Am Kleistpark
10827 Berlin GERMANY
Phone (+49) 30-780958-60
Fax (+49) 30-780958-70
http://www.icestorm-video.com <http://www.icestorm-video.com>
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