▁Mov ies ▁which ▁represented ▁or ▁gl or ified ▁a ▁capital istic ▁ide ology ▁were ▁not ▁shown . ▁For ▁example , ▁Gre ase ▁was ▁not ▁shown ▁but ▁One ▁Fle w ▁Over ▁the ▁C uck oo ' s ▁N est ▁was . ▁Com ed ies ▁were ▁popular , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Dan ish ▁O ls en ▁Gang ▁or ▁mov ies ▁with ▁the ▁French ▁com ed ian ▁Louis ▁de ▁Fun ès . ▁ ▁Television ▁▁ ▁There ▁were ▁two ▁nation wide ▁state ▁TV ▁stations , ▁D FF 1 ▁and ▁D FF 2 . ▁After ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁the ▁Iron ▁Cur tain , ▁these ▁were ▁gradually ▁merged ▁into ▁the ▁structures ▁of ▁the ▁Federal ▁Republic ' s ▁public ▁broadcast ing ▁system , ▁being ▁followed ▁up ▁by ▁L änder - based ▁regional ▁stations ▁like ▁the ▁M DR ▁and ▁the ▁R BB . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁arrangement ▁of ▁aer ial s ▁on ▁roof s ▁often ▁revealed ▁view ers ▁that ▁watched ▁Western ▁German ▁television , ▁they ▁could ▁be ▁pr one ▁to ▁den unci ation ▁by ▁patri otic ▁neighb ours ▁or ▁F D J ▁members , ▁especially ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁However , ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁the ▁authorities ▁were ▁largely ▁res igned ▁to ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁Western ▁broadcast s ▁and ▁even ▁toler ated ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁commun al ▁anten nas ▁and ▁cable ▁systems ▁carrying ▁both ▁D FF ▁and ▁Western ▁channels . ▁ ▁The ▁DE FA ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁largest ▁TV ▁production ▁companies ▁within ▁the ▁German