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GERMAN CINEMA
Cinema of Germany refers to the film industry based in Germany. Cinema in Germany can be traced back to the late 19th century.
German cinema has made major technical and artistic contributions to film.
The history of cinema in Germany can be traced back to the years shortly after the medium's birth. On November 1, 1895 Max Skladanowsky and his brother Emil demonstrated their self-invented film projector the Bioscop at the Wintergarten music hall in Berlin. A 15-minute series of eight short films
The Berlin Wintergarten theatre was the site of the first cinema ever, with a short movie presented by the Skladanowsky brothers on 1 November 1895.
Sound film
1908 poster advertising Gaumont's sound films. The Chronomégaphone, designed for large halls, employed compressed air to amplify the recorded sound.[
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to asilent film.
The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed before sound motion pictures were made commercially practical.
The first feature film originally presented as a talkie was The Jazz Singer, released in October 1927.
A major hit, it was made with Vitaphone, the leading brand of sound-on-disc technology. Sound-on-film, however, would soon become the standard for talking pictures.
Other German film pioneers included Skladanowsky brothers the Berliners Oskar Messter and Max Gliewe,
The first German "artistic" films began to be produced from around 1910, an example being the Edgar Allan Poe adaptation The Student of Prague (1913) which was co-directed by Paul Wegener and Stellan Rye, photographed by Guido Seeber and starring actors from Max Reinhardt's company.
Best Directors
Wim Wenders
Director, Wings of DesireWim Wenders is an Oscar-nominated German filmmaker who was born Ernst Wilhelm Wenders on August 14, 1945 in Düsseldorf, which then was located in the British Occupation Zone of what became the Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany, known colloquially as West Germany until reunification)...
Volker Schlöndorff
Volker SchlöndorffDirector, The Tin DrumHas studied economy and political sciences as well as at the Institute des Hautes Etudes Cinematographique (IDHEC) in Paris, France. Worked as an assistant director with Louis Malle, Jean-Pierre Melville and Alain Resnais. Founded his own production company Bioskop Film together with Reinhard Hauff andEberhard Junkersdorf in 1973...
argarethe von Trotta
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Margarethe von TrottaDirector, Hannah ArendtMargarethe von Trotta was born in Berlin in 1942. In the 1960s she moved to Paris where she worked for film collectives, collaborating on scripts and co-directing short films. She also pursued an acclaimed acting career, starring in films by well known German directors such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, andVolker Schlöndorff...
Director, Hannah ArendtMargarethe von Trotta was born in Berlin in 1942.
In the 1960s she moved to Paris where she worked for film collectives, collaborating on scripts and co-directing short films.
She also pursued an acclaimed acting career, starring in films by well known German directors such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, andVolker Schlöndorff...
Best cinema
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The Nasty Girl (1990)When a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her. (94 mins.)Director: Michael VerhoevenStars: Lena Stolze, Hans-Reinhard Müller, Monika Baumgartner, Elisabeth Bertram
The Harmonists (1997)Comedian Harmonists tells the story of a famous, German male sextet, five vocals and piano, the "Comedian Harmonists"... (126 mins.)Director: Joseph VilsmaierStars: Ben Becker, Heino Ferch, Ulrich Noethen, Heinrich Schafmeister
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