RTF 306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Classical Hollywood Cinema, Lowkey, Major Force
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During the 1920s the only other european national film industry that could compete with hollywood was found in germany. German films were popular among german audiences and the industry flourished until 1926 when it"s most noted filmmakers left for hollywood ( ernst lubitsch, fritz lang and f. w. murnau) In december 1917, as war still raged, the government established. From the beginning, ufa took an aggressive industrial strategy and started acquiring other companies by simply taking them over or by buying the majority of their stock. Three large film companies together formed the first basis for the ufa: the studio of. Oskar messter, the studios, rental offices and theaters of paul. Davidson, and the german film rental and production offices and theaters of the danish nordisk company. Thus, ufa formed a vertically integrated company from the beginning and became the major player in the german movie business.
