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| 1896 | ||||
| 27/3 - | The first public screening is given in the mezzanine of a house at Kartnerstrasse 45. [MORE] | |||
| 1907 | ||||
| 2/3 - | Austria’s first dramatic productions, Scenes from Ein Walzertraum and In der Garderobe, are released.[MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1908 | ||||
| – Photographer Anton. Kolm produces Von Stufe zu Stufe (Step by Step), reputed to be the country’s first film. Actor Heinz Hanus stars. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1909 | ||||
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| 31/12 - | Erich Pommer becomes manager of Gaumont for central Europe. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1912 | ||||
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Zweierlei Blut (Max Reinhardt) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Das Mirakel (Max Reinhardt) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1916 | ||||
| 30/11 - | Within three days of the funeral of Emperor Franz Joseph, 255 copies of the film are distributed across the country. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| – A. Kolowrat-Krakowsky builds a studio in Vienna's 19th district, Sievering. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| – The first Kinospiegel (film criticism) is published in a daily newspaper. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| – The first regulations regarding the safety of children and young people at the cinema are enforced. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1922 | ||||
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Sodom and Gomorrah (Michael Curtiz) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1926 | ||||
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– Quotas are introduced to control the influx of foreign films. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1928 | ||||
| Jun - | Sound documentary films are screened in Vienna’s Urania Theatre. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1929 | ||||
| 23/8 - | G’schichten aus der Steiermark (Tales from Styria), Austria’s first sound film, is released. It is directed by Hans Otto Lowenstein for Eagle Film and Ottoton Film. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1930 | ||||
| 15/1 - | The National Austrian Library establishes an archive to store the best examples of its domestic film output. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| – Sacha Film Studio merges with the German Tobis studio to form Sacha-Tobis Film and make sound films. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1934 | ||||
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| 27/9 - | Willi Forst’s Maskerade, set in 1905 Vienna, is released. It stars Paula Wessely and Anton Walbrook. [MORE] | |||
| – A newly regulated quota system requires Tobis-Sacscha newsreels and Austrian culture films to be shown at all cinemas. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1938 | ||||
| Mar - | Domestic film production comes to an end with the Anschluss. Austrian studios are consolidated to form Wein-Film. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1939 | ||||
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| 1940 | ||||
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| 1946 | ||||
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– The Rosenhuegel-Studios become a USIA operation under the occupying Soviet Administration. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1950 | ||||
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– The Forum Theatre opens in Vienna. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Professional associations of distributors and exhibitors agree on conditions of film supply. [MORE] [ADD] |