NVA (film)
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| Directed by | Leander Haußmann |
| Written by | Thomas Brussig Leander Haußmann |
| Produced by | Claus Boje Detlev Buck |
| Starring | Kim Frank Oliver Bröcker Detlev Buck Jasmin Schwiers |
| Cinematography | Frank Griebe |
| Music by | Marcel Blatti Paul Lemp |
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Running time | 98 min. |
| Language | German |
NVA (German: [ɛn faʊ̯ ˈʔaː] ⓘ) is a German comedy film released in 2005, that involves two friends who serve in the National People's Army of the former GDR (East Germany). It was directed by Leander Haußmann, who – together with Thomas Brussig – also wrote the screenplay. The film caricatures the life of the National People's Army (abbreviated: NVA), in the final years of East Germany.
Cast
- Kim Frank - Private Henrik Heidler
- Oliver Bröcker - Private Krüger
- Jasmin Schwiers - Marie Kalt
- Detlev Buck - Colonel Kalt
- Thorsten Michaelis - Captain Stummel
- Ignaz Kirchner - Warrant Officer Futterknecht
- Maxim Mehmet - Corporal Aurich
- Annika Kuhl - Nurse Sonja
- Robert Gwisdek - Traubewein
Reception
The film received mostly negative reception. Reviewers with Die Tageszeitung stated that Haußmann shouldn't have turned the film into a light comedy, which the reviewer calling it "misleading" to not take on a serious tone and address the systematic abuse of conscripts.[1] Another reviewr from Tagesspiegel stated that while the film was a comedy, the humour did not land and reiterated that the film also portrayed the NVA as too harmless.[2]
References
- ^ "Ferienlager Volksarmee". taz.de (in German). 29 September 2005. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ "Kultur: Sonnenallee, Schattenarmee". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). 29 September 2005. Retrieved 7 March 2026.