100 Years Studio Babelsberg

The Art of Filmmaking (book in English and German)

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by Michael Wedel, Chris Wahl and Ralf Schenk

Type

Encyclopedias

Subject

Studio > Babelsberg

Keywords

Babelsberg, Studio, Germany

Publishing date

2012

Publisher

teNeues

Language

English and German

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 264 pages
4 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches (12 x 14.5 cm)

ISBN

978-3-8327-9609-9

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Book Presentation:
Celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2012, Babelsberg is the oldest large-scale film studio

in the world and the biggest on-stop studio complex in Europe. From box-office hits to artistic triumphs, many of them have been created here... In these sound stages, stars like Marlene Dietrich were born, and here beats the heart of German cinema to this day. Babelsberg has always been a source of technical and artistic innovation. Many key developments in set design, special effects, camera technology, and sound recording originated in these studios. All eras of the studio's history are spread out and illuminated in front of the eyes of the reader: the early days of motion pictures, the Golden Age of Weimar cinema, the politically dark days of the "Third Reich," the socialist turn of Germany's largest postwar film company DEFA, and, most of all, Babelsberg's current commercial and cultural importance in the international film business.

About the authors:
Dr. Michael Wedel is Professor of Media History at the Film and Television University "Konrad Wolf" (HFF) in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany, and codirector of the Film Museum Potsdam.Dr. Chris Wahl is a Research Fellow at the Film and Television University "Konrad Wolf" (HFF) in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany. He is the author and editor of books on Ufa, Kurt Hoffman, and Werner Herzog.Dr. Ralf Schenk is a film historian and film critic based in Berlin. He is one of the leading experts on the history of DEFA and has edited and authored a number of seminal books on this topic.

Press Reviews:
"The art of filmmaking." -Downtown Magazine

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