PT Journal AU Skopal, P TI On the Thin Ice of Co-productions. A Comparative Study of Generic Production at the Barrandov and DEFA Studios in the Mid-1960s - the Case of the Movie STRASNA ZENA (1965) SO Iluminace PY 2011 BP 29 EP 51 VL 23 IS 3 WP https://iluminace.cz/en/artkey/ilu-201103-0003.php DE Strasna zena; co-production; film production companies and studios; socialism and film; politics and film; satire in film; athletes in film SN 0862397X AB The author analyses one of the cases of international cooperation between the Czechoslovak studio Barrandov and the East German studio DEFA during the filming of the musical ice show Strasna zena. Using this specific example and archival materials, he reveals the motives and goals of the co-productions, as well as the background of DEFA in the 1965-1966 season in the context of the contemporary political developments. ER