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The History of German Cinema: 1911-1915 |
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1911 |
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| 1/6 | Asta Neilsen and Urban Gad form the International Film Sales Company, with Paul Davidson as senior partner. [ADD] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11/8 - | The country’s first full-length feature film, Im Grossen Augenblick, is released. Asta Neilsen and Hugo Flink are directed by Urban Gad. [ADD] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 31/12 - | Deutsche Bioskop build a glass-walled studio in Babelsberg on grounds measuring 40,000 square metres. [ADD] | ||||||||||||||||||
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1912 |
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Alfred Duskes founds Literaria Film. [ADD] |
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Filming of Der Totentanz starring Asta Neilsen begins. It is the first film to be shot in Deutsche Bioskop’s new glass studios south-west of Berlin. [ADD] |
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A municipal by-law bans admittance to children, and smoking in cinemas in Berlin. [ADD] |
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Paul Davidson transfers the offices of his production company Projection-AG Union (PAGU) to Berlin and begins building the Tempelhof studios. [ADD] |
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Key German Films of 1912 |
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Das Mirakel (Max Reinhardt) [ADD] |
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| Der Student von Prag (Paul Wegener & Henrik Galeen) [ADD] | |||||||||||||||||||
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1913 |
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Erich Pommer, Managing Director of Deutsche Éclair, buys the majority of the capital from Eclair, the parent company. [ADD] |
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Cinema circuit owners Dekage (Deutsche Kinematograph Gesellschaft) expand into film production and sign Viggo Larsen, Suzanne Grandais and Yvette Andreyor. [ADD] |
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Avant-garde stage director Max Reinhardt makes his first film, Die Insel der Seligen, for PAGU. [ADD] |
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– Oskar Messter founds Messter Film GmbH [ADD] |
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Other Key German Films of 1913 |
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| 1914 |
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Oskar Messter’s weekly newsreel, Messter-Woche, begins. [ADD] |
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Other Key German Films of 1914 |
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1915 |
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Ernst Lubitsch directs his debut film, On the Slippery Slope. [ADD] |
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– Erich Pommer and Fritz Holz found the Decla production company. [ADD] |
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