Dr. Michael Wedel is Professor of Media History at the Film and Television University "Konrad Wolf" (HFF) in Potsdam- Babelsberg, Germany, and codirector of the Film Museum Potsdam. Dr. Chris Wahl is a Research Fellow at the Film and Television University "Konrad Wolf" (HFF) in Potsdam- Babelsberg, Germany. He is the author and editor of books on Ufa, Kurt Hoffmann, and Werner Herzog. Dr. Raft Schenk is a film historian and film critic based in Berlin.
He is one of the leading experts on the history of DEFA and has edited and authored a number of seminal books on this topic.