Berolina Film (often shortened to Berolina) was a
film production
Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, casti ...
company which operated in
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
between 1948 and 1964. The film's production was supervised by the experienced
Kurt Ulrich
Kurt Ulrich (28 June 1905 – 11 September 1967) was a German film producer. He produced more than 140 films between 1933 and 1964. He was born in Berlin, Germany.
Selected filmography
* '' Everything for a Woman'' (1935)
* '' Every Day I ...
and was based in
West Berlin
West Berlin (german: Berlin (West) or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin during the years of the Cold War. Although West Berlin was de jure not part of West Germany, lacked any sovereignty, and was under mi ...
. The company helped launch a cycle of popular
heimatfilm
' (, German for "homeland-films"; German singular: ') were films of a genre popular in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. ''Heimat'' can be translated as "home" (in the geographic sense), "hometown" or "homela ...
made in the 1950s.
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The companies name is a reference to
Berolina
Berolina is the female personification of Berlin and the allegorical female figure symbolizing the city. One of the best-known portraits of Berolina is the statue that once stood in Alexanderplatz.
Statue
In 1871, emperor William I ordered an B ...
, the allegorical female figure representing the city of Berlin. It was also the name of a short-lived company from the 1920s, notable for producing the 1924 film ''
The Hands of Orlac ''The Hands of Orlac'' may refer to:
* ''Les Mains d'Orlac'', a novel by Maurice Renard
and several adaptations of that novel:
* The Hands of Orlac (1924 film), ''The Hands of Orlac'' (1924 film), an Austrian film
* The Hands of Orlac (1935 film) ...
''.
Selected films
* ''
''_(1948)
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''_(1948)
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'' (1948)
* ''The Black Forest Girl (1950 film)">The Black Forest Girl'' (1950)
* ''The Heath Is Green (1951 film)">The Heath Is Green'' (1951)
* ''The Land of Smiles (1952 film)">The Land of Smiles