Infrared spectra of D-PVDF f i l m s under the influence o f an electric field were registered f o r 1 3 cycles of field strength. Butterfly-shaped hysteresis curves due to dipole orientation changes were obtained for the absorbances as well as f o r the frequencies of the bands at 4 4 5 and 510 cm-l. Investigations of a-PVDF show considerable changes in the spectra after polarization at, Field strengths o f 180 MV/m to 320 M V / m . Th: absorbance decreases of the bands 2 1 8 cm-' and 616 cmwere discussed in terms of a conformation conversion and of an alignment of the CF2-dipoles in a-PVDF.