The german film company is one hundred years old. For much of that time its been a german bracket rivaling. Wrote film history. For it what is the essence of the great ship that sailed through so many stormy seas in the past one hundred g. Is. Reported to be implemented id suggest that. If i think of i think of germany. And the month he does its the mercedes of Production Companies filming with was a sign of prestige. It was a melting pot for a creative symbol in and for the whole world. In nine hundred seventeen germany was losing the First World War. General admission looting doff identified the culprit the new medium of film. The germans had become a target of mockery in british and french cinemas. Didnt offer wanted his own version of a big film company to produce propaganda for germany. The father i regard the implementation is an urgent part of the war effort and i call for quick idealization loot and all of. That was effectively the founding charter of that. At the time there were many small Film Companies in germany each sailing under its own flag. They made cameras round cinemas and produce films but moved off had bigger ideas the general roped a consortium of big german firms into doing their patching up to judi dench a bank bosch and a. G. Made Funds Available the Small Companies were to be merged into one crowd ship. Only vassal film acting as a shaft who for a short was to conquer the cinematic seven seas for the german kaiser. Was. Part of the over empire i was the studio complex in bottles back palmer a decorated officer a monarchist and a jew became the head of production he was the almost ideal appointment for the who for board with its German Nationalist agenda. The head of state of the young Weimar Republic was free to wish a about a social democrat he visited the studios during the filming of and live. Rounds lubitsch was the director for stars emil yawning and any porton played the lead roles. The spa seans orders about a bit wanted to grace the Famous Company on location with his visit reportedly he lost his hat there and emil yearnings picked it up for him saying we majestys have to stick together i dont know whether a bird as president really like being addressed his majesty advice president read my post it underscore to the. A film by fritz lang very german material realized by a brilliant director. Is doing this first place and this delivered on the promise of producing a german legend with german actors in a German Company we can really sense the National Consciousness and perhaps somewhat excessive National Pride and feel light of the bush target and that large towards mecca. It was all innovative large scale and expensive a mix of copper and wagner. The dragon was the technical attraction inside it was six men who were notified by fritz lang by telephone when the dragon was to spew fire. Soon and for sailed into financial trouble waters producer eric palmer left and went to hollywood who for a doctor on to competitors paramount and Metro Goldwyn meyer for Financial Support the result was a german american conglomerate to firm it. Over hopes that the merger would help more of its films to be shown in america that didnt happen and its financial situation remained difficult. In one hundred twenty seven nazis were fighting in the streets against communists. Unemployment was on the rise once again further with all its expenses faced bankruptcy. Dacha bank sort of by a man found out that who can back media star of the. Weimar republic and an ally of adolphine. Dacha bank placed him at the helm of that one for ship. With hugenberg as the Majority Shareholder over move even further to the right his first major conflict clinch was firmly in control of the rudder. He cancelled the contract with the us companies it had been a huge loss. Now the artists no longer had control but the bookkeepers. Klitschko built for sound Proof Studios in bottles back known as the torn chords he also secured the return of ash palmer who brought musicals with him from america the future belonged to sound film musicians cinema owners and actors protested. There was. I in. And on that. But the talkies launched new stars director yells a funk schanberg made trial recordings with a little known actress in bottles back. You know right i think its a good. Place been. Blue angel was a special film in many regards not least for a director from the United States joseph and sternberg was flown in it was meant as a vehicle for a meal yawning but in fact it became alina did just filmed it made her a global star its a bit. There. I mean yeah things still acted with his facial expressions like in a silent movie. Every scene was filmed first in german and then in english mollenhauer hired a language teacher yangs thought he didnt need one. Yet. I think then. I wish i had. Did life under tank shell or a musical film made in germany. The new genre help for the offer to turn around its fortunes and begin making a profit again. But if. You follow him take this palmer discovered that these musicals enabled a new export strategy with different versions yes you could work on the same sets and tell the same story using Different Actors in french english and sometimes italian news management after unishe thats. What you got. The film address the economic crisis of the late twentys a heavyweight subject in a lightweight manner that was the office trademark during the golden years of the Weimar Republic. Once known. As. The author marketed Lilian Harvey and villi furch as a dream team they were highly paid and highly controlled even in their private lives. I know this because i just. Insist on this please stick with it you provide additional overhead an image to sell and to do that he controlled or even created the stars personal stories affairs questionable liaisons were out so i thought homosexuality although some of his biggest stars were gay was an absolute. Absolute towies yet and over movie star would soon have to be hard as crop steel tough as leather a solitary leader like frederick the great in one thousand nine hundred thirty the flute concert of salsa will see adopted an alarmingly warlike tone the end of the Weimar Republic was approaching us but i think. Yeah they gave me a legal look like schools and for that ill find. Which was a strong one or that this is a lot like me pushing now machines all the other gets. Just a little pain all because of you. Who for always had National Films in his production plan that could be a period prussian film or a film about the First World War and these films were advertised as National Films what had always been the underlying character of over now came into the open. Offers National Films helped to dig the grave of democracy. He was about michelle who for always had nationalistic views most of the men on the board and in management had served in the military really tioga didnt aspire this was not a company that aimed to be subversive on the contrary. Defied emil georg fun styles who had been the first head of who for in one nine hundred seventeen introduced hitler into. Industrialist circles in the early thirties. Alfred hugenberg became minister for Economic Affairs in his first cabinet. The footboard sent to congratulate three telegram. The film for the new regime had already being produced three days after hitler came to power hugenberg invited him and vice chancellor fun popping to the berlin premiere of dawn a nationalist submarine drama. How are you going i am. Come its fun googles thought the film is very good in parts you particularly like the lines spoken by real force or maybe we germans are bad at knowing how to live. And i actually. Asked. If i was i think he loved it but he felt the presentation of the home front was as he put it a bit house and garden not aggressive enough. During the nazi period was based in berlin scholars and. Pressured by gerbils the company soon fired his jewish employees. Who first best talents had to leave producer eric palmer. Actor friends caught. The directors billy wilder. And robert c. Old mark. Actress elizabeth bag now. Actor peter lorie. Actor could go on and they werent the only ones. Director fritz lang no longer wanted to stay but propaganda minister gerbils still wasnt happy he wanted the companys total submission. He does not have the fuehrer is approval. By order the press to attack on all fronts has got a shot coming until it is ours. Glitch and they are already softening up and this is just the beginning those idiots from the German National peoples party. Girls bought up bags for shares for a good price now he was in charge and could restructure the ship as he pleased clinch could only stand by and watch actors materials scripts and dialogues the propaganda minister and film enthusiastic now ruled all of this personally. The board didnt appreciate this micromanagement its already as a threat to its business especially abroad. The view of the lifes chamber of thirlmere that the production and sales of films can be ordered from above continues to fill us with serious concern for the development of our business. Gerbils was involved in writing the script for the concept a clever mix of newsreel and acted scenes during the opening of the one nine hundred thirty six Olympic Games in berlin the smart ills of falls in love with a dashing colorado writes i mean. You can. Get it i didnt even think. Of it. They fall in love but lose each other years later they find each other again thanks to the armies of concept or request concert radio show. That my. Exclusive only to be on. A tear jerker set against a backdrop of war the message war is inevitable bush concept was one of the most successful and for films of the nazi period. His career also began with propaganda films guna mulla started acting in film roles in the bubbles back studio when he was just twelve this was his last interview. They have the answer i started with advertising films with the and then i made short propaganda films with your proposals and with ludwig schmitz. That you. Think would but i dont wouldnt even if i am for the first problem would go through. All of. You. To finish as a tale of us if i look at the image of you it was decorum all the men wore dark suits white shirts and silver ties and ones who got caught. In the young eagles going to played an apprentice scheme to build cockpits for bombers. But not my kind of life because. You know. The young hottie crew played an equally enthusiastic role. In a propaganda film from pure and simple. Like yelling and shite and going to tidy. It to get. To the concert havent read it or put it in public before the one who has no such thing. We were all about sixteen tough i met was gung leave a night out and said when were done here i have to go to the hitler Youth Training camp he said ill give you a contract maybe thatll help us and thats how i got a contract not because i was such a good actor for such a keep me from military service full of it didnt work though and mists cannot stand. The board complained that too many for employees had gone to war or being killed in action six hundred forced laborers were assigned to the company they were treated very badly as was usual in german companies. Go bills wanted to see the world of cholera the companys own House Department had been experimenting with color since one thousand nine hundred eighty one. That loves this was his first color film and i am. Good at my own. Next the animated switch to color. To mess in on compared to hollywood that was lagging way behind as far as color film was concerned it was googles personal ambition to catch up. The first german feature film was only made in the summer of one hundred thirty nine minutes at no one under i see the yes and option for him simply in. The first stuck to its guns even in color the film was a period musical with jaunty military personnel and sourcing woman. He started seeing and. It. Was fun that it is all i was. Was punished. By a mission. To him. There and deadly abusing filming it became clear that the color quality wasnt uniform. Certain film consignments varied in quality and hardly. To leave home and unfair in the field and another problem was that one of the lead actors Carl Stepanek emigrated to england during filming how stepanek they havent had the a but he had to be replaced he had la and his scenes had to be shot again because its here and i just missed enough good plate we had. Just purchased didnt get it done and i know this job is very good back to business at. This time of the mission and as yet. I must insist on interest. You dont want to start. This kind. Never mind the regime you for always focused on heartbreak and romance. To incent up a how to ensure in pension debt that it had great material but as i knew it he wrote the script and submitted it to what it was stated but a doctor he was asked to come in and was told weve read your script very carefully and with interest lees but please tell us where in your script is the. When titus tell his hoof shaped he was startled to hear such a word in such a place. But such a gesture he didnt know what to say it was it was his and i as a man he was told you dont have to show it but we have to be able to assume that women are there and that lovemaking is happening when dust all very correct that was done to collect dust study before. Fight holland made the last propaganda film for gerbils callback and drama with ten thousand extras germany meanwhile was in ruins. Its what it was the biggest flop in the history of the over during the twelve weeks until the war ended off this film was seen by hardly anyone is these a few cole naca seen bowden but production costs amounted to several millions in from me other than million and. Goebbels much i was better to die than surrender newish day august says it in the film. At the back and i dont doubt. That i most want to go there either. I like i look up and look at it like the video did. For gerbils and hitler the scenes were too realistic they demanded numerous edits to million of life smocks worth of filming life scattered around the cutting room while bombs were raining down on. The off a building caught fire a secret operation was launched to rescue files and film footage before but when found the big man it. Leaving the sinking ship. Once the war ended the do. Laurie those were definitely over tourist allies decided the company had to be broken up each Occupied Zone of germany would see small film boats floating again. In the soviet zone the day fire was launched the accompanying dinghy was manned by apparatchiks ensuring everything was politically correct defy was a communist version of the. Roof of our interest to actually hoover was a studio in which films had been made from the initial idea to the premiere lived. Defer adopted the same system it created a huge institution with two and a half thousand employees that were a film could be made from its inception to its final release could. Be supreme year between twenty and. The biggest chunk of Office Assets was in battles back the soviet military government ensured that production soon started up again here. Going stouter was the first to film in battles back after nine hundred forty five a story someone needs to know my face even a lot of damage talking about. Murderers among us is the story of a nazi mass murderer the soviets approved of that and the old rule for lived on in the workmanship. When it when he could as soon to get kony if indeed she did his films are into it when i think of hildegard can a fan train the story as a concentration camp survivor with her bright face in direct lighting i can see very clearly that day for i had taken on a lot of the oversight of lightings would see for the first year i did before the push could be because. Of the illustrator on the other hand i can also see that with the ruins everywhere in elements of expression is cinema from the Weimar Republic found their way into this day for films and thats no surprise either because the set designers who worked on the first day of a film were part of the old guard over in bubbles where good as you wish theyd worked with fritz lang and the directors and during the Weimar Republic and of course the nazi period wouldnt they salvage what they could and put it into a day for an entire city for he duplicate. The show down when the traumatized soldier holds his former captain to account is grand old a cinema. Six hundred as these men are. Sent to shawn i dont buy this kinda. When she wants. To show us. Each one of us on a vacation assumption right up to june. The studios in temple whole fuera in west berlin and therefore under the control of the western powers they were more hesitant when it came to rebuilding the Film Industry. So if not us not going to film clubs industry just as in billion that is a challis get off its your feet of a kind of dodgy good stuff and being on film and before. The a diver volunteers palmer has to give you on the eve of what its saying yes i mean because i feel part of the on top of its year at the of gravity field ill buy it in the west on it to bring. The idea turf in politike city film policy of the allies was aimed at destroying the industry for political reasons. Thats and they wanted to smash the nazi legacy while at the same time keeping this market open for american production my conscious products or. The allies band called bag and other propaganda films today twenty of the three hundred for films from the nazi period can only be shown with restrictions. On the files from the burning of the headquarters had ended up in this is a bad land the hills north of hannover. The gender advancement holds castle was the reef founding of the its a story like a harmless little film but one with bite. That first former office staff came to valinor acting as if the Compan