UFA
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UFA (Universum Film AG) was a major German film production and distribution company, especially prominent during the Weimar Republic and early 20th-century cinema.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UFA canonical | 10 |
| UFA GmbH | 5 |
| UFA Fiction | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film distribution company
ⓘ
film production company ⓘ media company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Alfred Hugenberg ⓘ |
| acquiredInYear | 1927 ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
Nazi regime
|
| controlledInPeriod | Third Reich ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| distributedIn |
Europe
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| foundedBy |
Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft
ⓘ
Deutsche Bank ⓘ Deutsche Bioscop ⓘ Federal Government of Germany ⓘ
surface form:
German government
|
| foundedInPeriod | World War I ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 1917 ⓘ |
| fullName | Universum Film AG ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Babelsberg Film Studio
ⓘ
surface form:
Babelsberg
|
| historicalRole |
dominant film company in Weimar cinema
ⓘ
key player in development of German Expressionist film ⓘ major European film exporter in the 1920s ⓘ |
| industry |
entertainment industry
ⓘ
film industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
expressionist cinema
ⓘ
international film distribution ⓘ large-scale studio productions ⓘ |
| languageOfProduction | German ⓘ |
| legacy | influential in world film history ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Berlin ⓘ |
| notableEra |
Weimar Republic
ⓘ
early sound film era ⓘ silent film era ⓘ |
| ownedStudio |
Babelsberg Film Studio
ⓘ
surface form:
Babelsberg Studios
|
| producedFilm |
Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
ⓘ
Faust ⓘ Metropolis ⓘ The Blue Angel ⓘ The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ⓘ |
| purpose |
produce and distribute German films
ⓘ
promote German culture and propaganda abroad ⓘ |
| statusAfter1945 | dismantled and reorganized ⓘ |
| usedFor | Nazi propaganda films ⓘ |
| workedWithActor |
Conrad Veidt
ⓘ
Emil Jannings ⓘ Marlene Dietrich ⓘ |
| workedWithDirector |
Ernst Lubitsch
ⓘ
F. W. Murnau ⓘ Fritz Lang ⓘ Georg Wilhelm Pabst ⓘ
surface form:
G. W. Pabst
|
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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UFA GmbH
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UFA Fiction
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UFA GmbH
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UFA GmbH
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