NVA (2005)

Directed by

Leander Haußmann

Genre

comedy film, comedy drama

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

6

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two friends are conscripted into the East German army during the 1980s. The film makes fun of military life in the final years of the GDR.

lightheartedsatiricalnostalgicbittersweetcomedicwryplayful

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Three Days Confined to Barracks (1955)
• Scharf wie Chili (2005)
• Andersrum (2005)
• Deutschmänner (2005)
• Liebe wie am ersten Tag (2005)
• One Day in Europe (2005)
• Der Frontgockel (1955)
• Summer in Berlin (2005)