NVA () 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. 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.
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