DEFA Indianerfilm

DEFA Indianerfilme ("DEFA Indian films") was a series of adventure and western films ("Red Westerns") produced by the GDR DEFA film studio.

The name comes from the obsolete term "Indians" for Indigenous peoples of the Americas.

[1][2][3][4][5] Between 1962 and 1983 DEFA produced 14 films of this type, about the resistance of Native Americans against white invaders.

[6] A memorable actor in the series was Yugoslavian (Serbian) actor Gojko Mitic portraying fictional Native Americans ("Indians"), "Winnetou of the East", who played in 12 of these films.

[5] The films are searchable in the PROGRESS film database.