Babelsberg Studio
Company type | Private |
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Founded | 1912 | , in Germany
Headquarters | Germany |
Key people |
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Owner | TPG Real Estate Partners |
Number of employees | 92 (2017) |
Website | www.studiobabelsberg.com |
Babelsberg Film Studio (
Hundreds of films, including Fritz Lang's Metropolis and Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel were filmed there. More recent productions include V for Vendetta, Captain America: Civil War, Æon Flux, The Bourne Ultimatum, Valkyrie, Inglourious Basterds, Cloud Atlas, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Hunger Games, Isle of Dogs and The Matrix Resurrections.
Today, Studio Babelsberg remains operational mainly for feature film productions. It also acts as producer on German productions and co-producer on international high-budget productions. Since January 2022 it has been owned by TPG Real Estate Partners (TREP) and Filmbetriebe Berlin Brandenburg GmbH (FBB), and promoted as part of the platform Cinespace Film Studios.[3]
History
In 1911, the film production company Deutsche Bioscope bought the current site in Babelsberg and built its first glasshouse film studio (early studios designed to take advantage of natural light) in Neubabelsberg. The company had been originally formed by
The first filming in Babelsberg began as early as February 1912 for
The "
Cameraman
Numerous filmmakers such as
Spaceflight owes director Fritz Lang and the film team of the science fiction silent film Woman in the Moon (1929), completely made in the Babelsberg studios, a famous achievement: the countdown was born in Babelsberg.[8]
The first sound stage in Europe, the "Tonkreuz", was built during 1929 in Babelsberg, to make use of the
In the 1930s and 1940s, Babelsberg was famous for its music and revue films, such as Congress Dances (1931), La Habanera (1937), The Woman of My Dreams (1944).
From 1933 to 1945, around 1,000 feature films were made in the studios and on the studio lot. Under the direction of Hitler's propaganda chief
On May 17, 1946, the
After the fall of the
In July 2004, Vivendi sold Studio Babelsberg to the investment company FBB (Filmbetriebe Berlin Brandenburg GmbH), which has Carl Woebcken and Christoph Fisser as shareholders. In spring of 2005, the restructured studio presented an initial public offering and began trading on the free market.
2007 was the most profitable year since the studio's privatization in 1992 – 12 feature films were shot at Studio Babelsberg, among them Valkyrie with Tom Cruise, The International with Clive Owen and The Reader with Kate Winslet.
In 2008, Studio Babelsberg and Hollywood producer Joel Silver formed a strategic alliance to produce feature films from the Dark Castle production slate at the world's oldest film studio.
International co-productions made in Babelsberg include Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (released 2009), Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer (2010), Brian De Palma's Passion (2012), George Clooney's The Monuments Men (2014), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (2014) and Captain America: Civil War (2016).
In 2019, the love story Dream Factory conquered the European cinema screens. The starting point is true events: the construction of the Berlin Wall and the closure of the German-German border on August 13, 1961, brings the international co-productions to a close, affects the film studio and is the stroke of fate for the two main characters, a German extra and a French dance double, who are separated by the events. With this, the Babelsberg film studio was working on a part of its own story.
Recent co-productions of Studio Babelsberg include
Recent TV series are Babylon Berlin (2016-2022), Dark (2017-2020) and 1899 (2021/2022).
In 2021, the largest permanent virtual production stage in Europe was set up in Studio Babelsberg for the major European Netflix production 1899.[12] The studio is operated by Dark Bay GmbH, which is managed by Baran Bo Odar and Jantje Friese. Netflix and the investment bank of the state of Brandenburg financed the project. In order to raise the necessary funds, Netflix has committed to realizing several projects in the Dark Bay studio in the coming years. The Brandenburg Ministry of Economic Affairs funded the project with around two million euros.[13]
Notable films shot at Babelsberg Studios
- The Dance of Death (1912)
- The Student of Prague (1913)
- Homunculus (1916)
- Der müde Tod (1921)
- Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (1922)
- Die Nibelungen (1924)
- Metropolis (1927)
- Spione (1928)
- Frau im Mond (1929)
- Der blaue Engel (1930)
- La Habanera(1937)
- Jud Süß(1940)
- Murderers Among Us(1946)
- Das Beil von Wandsbek (1951)
- Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck (1953)
- Das singende, klingende Bäumchen (1957)
- Sonnensucher (1958)
- Sterne (1959)
- Karbid und Sauerampfer (1963)
- Nackt unter Wölfen (1963)
- Der geteilte Himmel (1964)
- Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt (1965)
- Spur der Steine (1966)
- Ich war neunzehn (1968)
- Goya – oder der arge Weg der Erkenntnis (1971)
- Die Legende von Paul und Paula (1973)
- Jakob der Lügner (1974)
- Sieben Sommersprossen (de) (1978)
- Solo Sunny (1980)
- Der Aufenthalt (1983)
- The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995)
- Victory (1996)
- A Couch in New York (1996)
- Sonnenallee (1999)
- Gangster No. 1 (2000)
- Marlene (2000)
- Enemy at the Gates (2001)
- The Pianist (2002)
- Extreme Ops (2002)
- Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
- Kingdom of Heaven (2004)
- The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
- Beyond the Sea (2004)
- The Constant Gardener (2005)
- Flightplan (2005)
- Æon Flux (2005)
- Black Book (2006)
- V for Vendetta (2006)
- The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
- Die Fälscher (2007)
- Valkyrie (2008)
- Speed Racer (2008)
- The Reader (2008)
- Flammen & Citronen (2008)
- The International (2008)
- Inglourious Basterds (2009)
- Ninja Assassin (2009)
- Pandorum (2009)
- Mr. Nobody (2009)
- The Ghost Writer (2010)
- Unknown (2011)
- Hanna (2011)
- The Three Musketeers (2011)
- Poulet aux prunes (2011)
- Anonymous(2011)
- The Apparition (2012)
- Passion (2012)
- Cloud Atlas (2012)
- Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
- G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
- The Book Thief (2013)
- La Belle et la Bête (2014)
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
- The Monuments Men (2014)
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
- The Voices(2015)
- Was heißt hier Ende? (2015)
- Unfinished Business (2015)
- Men & Chicken (2015)
- Bridge of Spies (2015)
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
- Point Break (2015)
- Eddie the Eagle (2016)
- Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- Renegades (2016)
- Atomic Blonde (2017)
- A Cure for Wellness (2017)
- Mute (2018)
- Isle of Dogs (2018)
- Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver (2018)
- The Silent Revolution (2018)
- Inversion (2018)
- The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
- A Hidden Life (2019)
- Charlie's Angels (2019)
- Undine (2020)
- Without Remorse (2021)
- Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)
- The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
- Uncharted (2022)
- Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (2022)
- Retribution (2022)
Series
- Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (since 1995)
- Schloss Einstein (1998–2007)
- Bianca – Wege zum Glück (2004–2005)
- Großstadtträume (2000)
- Lexx – The Dark Zone(1997–2002)
- Klinikum Berlin Mitte – Leben in Bereitschaft (2002–2003)
- Tessa – Leben für die Liebe(2005–2006)
- Vera am Mittag (2002–2004)
- Wege zum Glück, initially titled Julia – Wege zum Glück (2005–2008)
- Alisa – Folge deinem Herzen (2008–2010)[citation needed]
- Hanna – Folge deinem Herzen (2010)
- Wege zum Glück – Spuren im Sand (2012)
- Generation War[14] (2012)
- Night Over Berlin[15] (2012)
- Homeland[16] (2015)
- Berlin Station[17][18] (2015)
- Babylon Berlin[19] (2021-2022)
- Counterpart[20] (2017-2019)
- Dark (2018–2019)[21][22]
- 1899 (since 2021)
See also
References
- ^ [1] Welt - "Das Filmstudio Babelsberg ist Teil der Medienstadt Babelsberg. Auf 46 Hektar Fläche arbeiten etwa 2000 Menschen aus der Film- und Medienbranche.",retrieved 10 February 2019
- ^ Studio Babelsberg Archived 2011-08-18 at the Wayback Machine - "Mit der Erschließung des direkt in der Nachbarschaft befindlichen Filmgeländes mit den Studios Neue Film 1 und Neue Film 2 konnte Studio Babelsberg seine Studiokapazitäten verdoppeln und verfügt so über Europas größten zusammenhängenden Studiokomplex.", retrieved 3 December 2013 (German)
- ^ News, Team; Schmalz, Alexander (3 January 2022). "Potsdam: Studio Babelsberg ist verkauft". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2022-01-05.
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- ^ Hampicke, Evelyn (2015). "Jules Greenbaum". CineGraph – Lexikon zum deutschsprachigen Film (in German). Cinegraph.de. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ Eisenbach, Ulrich, (2007).Schleussner in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 23, pp. 68–69 [Online edition] (in German).
- ^ Hampicke 1996.
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- ^ "Melodie des Herzens". filmportal.de. (in English). Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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- ^ Grater, Tom (2021-05-03). "'1899' First Interviews: Netflix & The Creators Of 'Dark' Talk Building Europe's Largest Virtual Production Stage To Shoot Ambitious Multilingual Series". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ^ "Babelsberg bekommt Europas größte virtuelle Filmkulisse". www.maz-online.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-08-04.
- ^ Kaum haben die Hexenjäger Hänsel und Gretel Babelsberg verlassen… MAZ / maerkischeallgemeine.de, retrieved 18. February 2013
- ^ TV-Drama – Nacht über Berlin, welt.de, retrieved 18. February 2013
- ^ Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten: Homeland-Serie in Babelsberg – Der Dreh beginnt Archived 2017-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, www.pnn.de vom 2. June 2015, retrieved 6. August 2015
- ^ Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung: "Drehstart für"Berlin Station"– Nächster Coup für Studio Babelsberg" Archived 2016-12-03 at the Wayback Machine, www.maz-online.de 17. November 2015,retrieved 24. November 2015
- ^ Das bringt das Filmjahr 2017 für Babelsberg Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine aus: Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung / maz-online.de 28. December 2016, retrieved 3. April 2017
- ^ Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung: "Drehstart für Krimiserie"Babylon Berlin"– Erste Klappe im Frühjahr" Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine www.maz-online 10. September 2015, retrieved 31. January 2016
- ^ Studio Babelsberg: References studiobabelsberg.com 10. September 2015, retrieved 31. January 2016
- ^ "Dark - Season 2". Studio Babelsberg. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Dark - Season 3". Studio Babelsberg. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
Bibliography
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- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books. ISBN 9780857455659.
- Hampicke, Evelyn (1996). "'More than ten lines' Jules Greenbaum. A contribution against forgetting in film history.". Positionen deutscher Filmgeschichte (Positions of German film history) (Discourse-film-8) (in German). Schaudig, Michael (ed.). Munich: Discourse Filmverlag Schaudig & Single. pp. 23–36. ISBN 978-3926372079.
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