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Babelsberg Film Studio (german: Filmstudio Babelsberg), located in
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outside
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, Germany, is the second oldest large-scale film studio in the world only preceded by the Danish Nordisk Film (est. 1906), producing films since 1912. With a total area of about and a studio area of about it is
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largest film studio. Hundreds of films, including
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's ''
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'' were filmed there. More recent productions include ''
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''. 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
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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
Jules Greenbaum Jules Greenbaum (5 January 1867 – 1 November 1924) was a German pioneering film producer. He founded the production companies Deutsche Bioscope, Deutsche Vitascope and Greenbaum-Film and was a dominant figure in German cinema in the years before ...
in 1899 and incorporated in 1902. As his business increased, Greenbaum made a deal with the chemist Carl Moritz Schleussner of the photochemicals firm Schleussner AG in
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. Carl Schleussner had been involved since 1896 in producing negative film stock for Röntgen photography soon after its discovery.Eisenbach, Ulrich, (2007
''Schleussner'' in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 23
pp. 68–69 nline edition(in German).
In February 1908 Carl Schleussner bought a majority share in Deutsche Bioscop as a film manufacturing, duplicating and sales operation, for a two thirds share of 140,000
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, with one third provided by Jules Greenbaum and his brother Max. Ownership of Deutsche Bioscop was transferred to Schleussner AG and registered on 27 February 1908: Schleussner bought out the Greenbaums' remaining share of Deutsche Bioscop in 1909. The first filming in Babelsberg began as early as February 1912 for '' The Dance of Death'' by Danish director
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. In 1920 the Deutsche Bioscop Gesellschaft merged with Erich Pommer's Decla-Film GmbH to form " Decla-Bioscop". In 1928, Decla-Bioscop merged with
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(Ufa) which had been founded in 1917. This company built the large studio (which is now known as the "Marlene Dietrich Halle") in 1926 for the major film production of ''
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'' by
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. The " German Expressionism in film" is closely connected with Babelsberg. Cameraman
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invented the so-called "
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" while working on the film ''The Last Laugh'' (1924), directed by
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. Numerous filmmakers such as
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,
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and
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learned at that time in Babelsberg and began their world careers here. Spaceflight owes director
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and the film team of the science fiction silent film ''
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'' (1929), completely made in the Babelsberg studios, a famous achievement: the
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was born in Babelsberg. The first sound stage in Europe, the "Tonkreuz", was built during 1929 in Babelsberg, to make use of the
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sound-on-film process to which Ufa acquired the rights. Ufa's first successful full-sound film ''Melodie des Herzens /
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'' with
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was shot in the "Tonkreuz" and in Hungary in 1929, although this was followed in April 1930 by the premiere of ''
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'' (which was made at Babelsberg) by
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, with
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and
Emil Jannings Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss born German actor, popular in the 1920s in Hollywood. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in '' The La ...
in the main roles. In the 1930s and 1940s, Babelsberg was famous for its music and revue films, such as ''
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'' (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
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, the studio churned out hundreds of films including
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's openly propagandistic ''
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'' (1935). The virulently anti-Semitic propaganda film '' Jud Süss'' (''The Jew Süss'') (1940), was also made at Babelsberg. On May 17, 1946, the
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(Deutsche Film AG) was established, producing over 800 feature films, including 150 children's films. In addition, over 600 films were made for television from 1959 to 1990. The DEFA period was honored by a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art (
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in 2005. After the fall of the
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, the
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took over the responsibility for the privatisation of the former DEFA. In August 1992, the Treuhandanstalt sold the former
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film studios in Babelsberg to the French group Compagnie Générale des Eaux (later absorbed into
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). Over the following 12 years the company invested around €500 million updating the studio's infrastructure. 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 ''
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'' with
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, '' The International'' with
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and ''
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. In 2008, Studio Babelsberg and Hollywood producer
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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
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's ''
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'' (released 2009),
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'' (2010), Brian De Palma's '' Passion'' (2012),
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'' (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
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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 '' Matrix 4'' (2021), ''
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'' (2022) and ''Retribution'' (2022). Recent TV series are ''
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'' (2016-2022), ''
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'' (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. 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.


Notable films shot at Babelsberg Studios

* '' The Dance of Death'' (1912) * '' The Student of Prague'' (1913) * ''
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'' (1916) * ''
Der müde Tod ''Destiny'' (german: Der müde Tod'':'' ''ein deutsches Volkslied in sechs Versen'' (''Weary Death: A German Folk Story in Six Verses''); originally released in the United States as ''Behind the Wall'') is a 1921 silent German Expressionist fan ...
'' (1921) * '' Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler'' (1922) * ''
Die Nibelungen ''Die Nibelungen'' ("The Nibelungs") is a two-part series of silent fantasy films created by Austrian director Fritz Lang in 1924, consisting of ''Die Nibelungen: Siegfried'' and ''Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge''. The scenarios for bo ...
'' (1924) * ''
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'' (1927) * ''
Spione ''Spione'' (English title: ''Spies'', under which title it was released in the United States) is a 1928 German silent espionage thriller directed by Fritz Lang and co-written with his wife, Thea von Harbou, who also wrote a novel of the sam ...
'' (1928) * ''
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'' (1929) * '' Der blaue Engel'' (1930) * '' La Habanera'' (1937) * ''
Jud Süß (, "Süss the Jew") is a 1940 Nazi German historical drama and propaganda film produced by Terra Film at the behest of Joseph Goebbels. It is considered one of the most antisemitic films of all time. The film was directed by Veit Harlan, who ...
'' (1940) * ''
Murderers Among Us ''Die Mörder sind unter uns'', a German film known in English as ''Murderers Among Us'' in the United States or ''The Murderers Are Among Us'' in the United Kingdom was one of the first post-World War II German films and the first ''Trümmerfilm ...
'' (1946) * '' Das Beil von Wandsbek'' (1951) * ''
Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck ''Die Geschichte vom Kleinen Muck'' (English: ''The Story of Little Muck'') is a 1953 feature film directed by Wolfgang Staudte, adapted from the 19th century fairy tale, '' Little Muck'', written by Wilhelm Hauff Wilhelm Hauff (29 November ...
'' (1953) * '' Das singende, klingende Bäumchen'' (1957) * '' Sonnensucher'' (1958) * '' Sterne'' (1959) * '' Karbid und Sauerampfer'' (1963) * '' Nackt unter Wölfen'' (1963) * ''
Der geteilte Himmel ''Der geteilte Himmel'', known in English as either ''Divided Heaven'' or ''They Divided the Sky'', is a 1963 novel by the East German writer Christa Wolf. The author describes society and problems in the German Democratic Republic German(s) may ...
'' (1964) * ''
Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt ''Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt'' (''The Adventures of Werner Holt'') is a novel in two parts by East German author Dieter Noll. The first volume was released at 1960 and the second in 1963. Noll won the National Prize of East Germany for the b ...
'' (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 ''The Passion of Darkly Noon'' is a 1995 psychological horror drama film written and directed by Philip Ridley. The film stars Brendan Fraser, Ashley Judd, and Viggo Mortensen. The protagonist's name and film title come both from a passage in t ...
'' (1995) * ''
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'' (1996) * ''
A Couch in New York ''A Couch in New York'' (french: Un divan à New York) is a 1996 romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Chantal Akerman. The plot centers on an anonymous exchange of apartments between a successful New York psychoanalyst (William Hurt) ...
'' (1996) * ''
Sonnenallee ''Sonnenallee'' (''Sun Avenue'' or ''Sun Alley'') is a 1999 German comedy film about life in East Berlin in the late 1970s. The movie was directed by Leander Haußmann. The film was released shortly before the corresponding novel, ''Am kürzere ...
'' (1999) * ''
Gangster No. 1 ''Gangster No. 1'' is a 2000 British crime drama film directed by Paul McGuigan. It is based on the stage play ''Gangster No.1'' written by Louis Mellis and David Scinto. The film stars Paul Bettany in the title role and features Malcolm McDo ...
'' (2000) * ''
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'' (2000) * ''
Enemy at the Gates ''Enemy at the Gates'' (''Stalingrad'' in France and ''L'Ennemi aux portes'' in Canada) is a 2001 war film directed, co-written, and produced by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on William Craig's 1973 nonfiction book '' Enemy at the Gates: The Batt ...
'' (2001) * '' The Pianist'' (2002) * ''
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(2002)'' * ''
Around the World in 80 Days ''Around the World in Eighty Days'' (french: link=no, Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employe ...
'' (2004) * ''
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'' (2004) * ''
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'' (2004) * '' Beyond the Sea'' (2004) * ''
The Constant Gardener ''The Constant Gardener'' is a 2001 novel by British author John le Carré. The novel tells the story of Justin Quayle, a British diplomat whose activist wife is murdered. Believing there is something behind the murder, he seeks to uncover the t ...
'' (2005) * ''
Flightplan ''Flightplan'' is a 2005 mystery psychological thriller film directed by Robert Schwentke from a screenplay written by Peter A. Dowling and Billy Ray. It stars Jodie Foster as Kyle Pratt, a recently-widowed American aircraft engineer living ...
'' (2005) * ''
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'' (2005) * '' Black Book'' (2006) * ''
V for Vendetta ''V for Vendetta'' is a British graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd (with additional art by Tony Weare). Initially published between 1982 and 1985 in black and white as an ongoing serial in the British anthol ...
'' (2006) * '' The Bourne Ultimatum'' (2007) * '' Die Fälscher'' (2007) * ''
Valkyrie In Norse mythology, a valkyrie ("chooser of the slain") is one of a host of female figures who guide souls of the dead to the god Odin's hall Valhalla. There, the deceased warriors become (Old Norse "single (or once) fighters"Orchard (1997:36) ...
'' (2008) * ''
Speed Racer ''Speed Racer'', also known as , is a Japanese media franchise about Auto racing, automobile racing. ''Mach GoGoGo'' was originally serialized in print in Shueisha's 1966 ''Shōnen Book''. It was released in tankōbon book form by Sun W ...
'' (2008) * ''
The Reader ''The Reader'' (german: Der Vorleser) is a novel by German law professor and judge Bernhard Schlink, published in Germany in 1995 and in the United States in 1997. The story is a parable, dealing with the difficulties post-war German generations ...
'' (2008) * ''
Flammen & Citronen ''Flame & Citron'' ( da, Flammen & Citronen) is a 2008 historical drama film co-written and directed by the Danish director Ole Christian Madsen. The film, a fictionalized account based on historical events, stars Thure Lindhardt and Mads Mikkelse ...
'' (2008) * '' The International'' (2008) * ''
Inglourious Basterds ''Inglourious Basterds'' is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger and Mélanie Laurent. The film tells an alter ...
'' (2009) * ''
Ninja Assassin ''Ninja Assassin'' is a 2009 neo-noir martial arts film directed by James McTeigue. The story was written by Matthew Sand, with a screenplay by J. Michael Straczynski. The film stars South Korean pop musician Rain as a disillusioned assassin ...
'' (2009) * ''
Pandorum ''Pandorum'' is a 2009 German/British science fiction horror film, with elements of Lovecraftian horror and survival adventure. The film was directed by Christian Alvart and produced by Robert Kulzer, Jeremy Bolt and Paul W. S. Anderson, t ...
'' (2009) * '' Mr. Nobody (2009) * ''
The Ghost Writer ''The Ghost Writer'' is a 1979 novel by the American author Philip Roth. It is the first of Roth's novels narrated by Nathan Zuckerman, one of the author's putative fictional alter egos, and constitutes the first book in his ''Zuckerman Bound'' ...
'' (2010) * ''
Unknown Unknown or The Unknown may refer to: Film * The Unknown (1915 comedy film), ''The Unknown'' (1915 comedy film), a silent boxing film * The Unknown (1915 drama film), ''The Unknown'' (1915 drama film) * The Unknown (1927 film), ''The Unknown'' (1 ...
'' (2011) * '' Hanna'' (2011) * ''
The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' (french: Les Trois Mousquetaires, links=no, ) is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight f ...
'' (2011) * '' Poulet aux prunes'' (2011) * '' Anonymous'' (2011) * '' The Apparition'' (2012) * '' Passion'' (2012) * ''
Cloud Atlas A cloud atlas is a pictorial key (or an atlas) to the nomenclature of clouds. Early cloud atlases were an important element in the training of meteorologists and in weather forecasting, and the author of a 1923 atlas stated that "increasing use ...
'' (2012) * '' Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters'' (2013) * '' G.I. Joe: Retaliation'' (2013) * ''
The Book Thief ''The Book Thief'' is a historical fiction novel by the Australian author Markus Zusak, and is his most popular book. Published in 2005, ''The Book Thief'' became an international bestseller and was translated into 63 languages and sold 16 mil ...
'' (2013) * '' La Belle et la Bête'' (2014) * ''
The Grand Budapest Hotel ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' is a 2014 comedy-drama film written and directed by Wes Anderson. Ralph Fiennes leads a seventeen-actor ensemble cast as Monsieur Gustave H., famed concierge of a twentieth-century mountainside resort in the fiction ...
'' (2014) * ''
The Monuments Men ''The Monuments Men'' is a 2014 war film directed by George Clooney and written and produced by Clooney and Grant Heslov. The film stars an ensemble cast including Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, Bob Balaban, Hug ...
'' (2014) * '' The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1'' (2014) * ''
The Voices ''The Voices'' is a 2014 comedy horror film directed by Marjane Satrapi, written by Michael R. Perry, and starring Ryan Reynolds, Gabriel Bateman, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick and Jacki Weaver. It had its world premiere at 2014 Sundance Film ...
'' (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 ''Point Break'' is a 1991 American action crime film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by W. Peter Iliff. It stars Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Lori Petty and Gary Busey. The film's title refers to the surfing term " point break", wher ...
'' (2015) * ''
Eddie the Eagle Michael David Edwards (born 5 December 1963), better known as Eddie the Eagle, is an English ski-jumper and Olympian who in 1988 became the first competitor since 1928 to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping, finishing last in the ...
'' (2016) * '' Captain America: Civil War'' (2016) * '' Renegades'' (2016) * ''
Atomic Blonde ''Atomic Blonde'' is a 2017 American action thriller film directed by David Leitch (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Kurt Johnstad, based on the 2012 graphic novel ''The Coldest City'' by Antony Johnston and Sam Hart. The f ...
'' (2017) * ''
A Cure for Wellness ''A Cure for Wellness'' is a 2016 psychological neo-gothic horror film directed by Gore Verbinski and written by Justin Haythe, based on a story co-written by Haythe and Verbinski, who were both inspired by Thomas Mann's 1924 novel ''The Magic Mo ...
'' (2017) * ''
Mute Muteness is a speech disorder in which a person lacks the ability to speak. Mute or the Mute may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Mute'' (2005 film), a short film by Melissa Joan Hart * ''Mute'' (2018 film), a scien ...
'' (2018) * ''
Isle of Dogs The Isle of Dogs is a large peninsula bounded on three sides by a large meander in the River Thames in East London, England, which includes the Cubitt Town, Millwall and Canary Wharf districts. The area was historically part of the Manor, Ha ...
'' (2018) * '' Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver'' (2018) * '' The Silent Revolution'' (2018) * ''
Inversion Inversion or inversions may refer to: Arts * , a French gay magazine (1924/1925) * ''Inversion'' (artwork), a 2005 temporary sculpture in Houston, Texas * Inversion (music), a term with various meanings in music theory and musical set theory * ...
'' (2018) * ''
The Girl in the Spider's Web ''The Girl in the Spider's Web'' (original title in sv, Det som inte dödar oss , lit=That which does not kill us) is the fourth novel in the ''Millennium'' series. It focuses on the characters Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist. Written by ...
'' (2018) * '' A Hidden Life'' (2019) * ''
Charlie's Angels ''Charlie's Angels'' is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 22, 1976, to June 24, 1981, producing five seasons and 115 episodes. The series was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts and was produced by Aa ...
'' (2019) * ''
Undine Undines (; also ondines) are a category of elemental beings associated with water, stemming from the alchemical writings of Paracelsus. Later writers developed the undine into a water nymph in its own right, and it continues to live in modern ...
'' (2020) * ''
Without Remorse ''Without Remorse'' is a thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and published on August 11, 1993. Set during the Vietnam War, it serves as an origin story of John Clark, one of the recurring characters in the ''Ryanverse''. ''Without Remorse'' ...
'' (2021) * ''
Gunpowder Milkshake ''Gunpowder Milkshake'' is a 2021 action thriller film directed by Navot Papushado, with a script co-written by Papushado and Ehud Lavski. The film stars Karen Gillan as a young hitwoman who must team up with her estranged mother (Lena Headey) and ...
'' (2021) * ''
The Matrix Resurrections ''The Matrix Resurrections'' is a 2021 American science fiction action film produced, co-written, and directed by Lana Wachowski, and being the first in ''Matrix'' franchise to be directed solely by Lana, without her sister, Lilly. It is the s ...
'' (2021) * ''
Uncharted ''Uncharted'' is an action-adventure video game franchise published by Sony Interactive Entertainment and developed by Naughty Dog. Created by Amy Hennig, the ''Uncharted'' franchise follows a group of treasure hunters who travel across the wo ...
'' (2022) * '' Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie'' (2022) * ''Retribution'' (2022)


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Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten ''Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten'' ("Good Times, Bad Times"), often abbreviated ''GZSZ'', is a long-running German television soap opera, first broadcast on RTL in 1992. The programme concerns the lives of a fictional neighborhood in Germany's ...
'' (since 1995) * ''
Schloss Einstein ''Schloss Einstein'' is a long-running, popular German television series which is designed as a teenage soap opera. It portrays the lives of teenagers in Schloss Einstein (Castle Einstein), a fictional boarding school. The intended audience is 10 ...
'' (1998–2007) * ''
Bianca – Wege zum Glück ''Bianca – Wege zum Glück (Bianca – Ways to Happiness)'' was the first German telenovela, developed by the TV production company Grundy UFA. It started on 1 November 2004 and ran until 5 October 2005 on the ZDF. The main characters were ...
'' (2004–2005) * ''
Großstadtträume ''Großstadtträume'' is a German television series. See also *List of German television series The following is a list of television series produced in Germany: Current Drama * '' 4 Blocks'' ( TNT Serie, 2017–2019) * '' Alarm für Cob ...
'' (2000) * ''
Lexx – The Dark Zone ''Lexx'' (also known as ''LEXX: The Dark Zone Stories'' and ''Tales from a Parallel Universe'') is a science fiction television series created by Lex Gigeroff and brothers Paul Donovan (writer), Paul and Michael Donovan (producer), Michael Dono ...
'' (1997–2002) * ''
Klinikum Berlin Mitte – Leben in Bereitschaft ''Klinikum Berlin Mitte – Leben in Bereitschaft'' is a German television series. See also *List of German television series The following is a list of television series produced in Germany: Current Drama * '' 4 Blocks'' ( TNT Serie, 2 ...
'' (2002–2003) * '' Tessa – Leben für die Liebe'' (2005–2006) * '' Vera am Mittag'' (2002–2004) * ''
Wege zum Glück ''Wege zum Glück'' (English: ''Ways to Happiness'') is a German telenovela. The show was starting on October 6, 2005 on ZDF and originally was planned to have 250 chapters. Later the concept was changed and the title became a label to tell diffe ...
'', initially titled ''
Julia – Wege zum Glück ''Julia – Wege zum Glück'' is a German television series. After Chapter 250 the title was changed into ''Wege zum Glück''. See also *List of German television series The following is a list of television series produced in Germany: C ...
'' (2005–2008) * ''
Alisa – Folge deinem Herzen ''Alisa – Folge deinem Herzen'' ("Alisa - Follow Your Heart") was a German telenovela. It was filmed in the Potsdam Studio Babelsberg for ZDF in co-production with ORF and SF. 370 episodes were produced in two series between 2009 and 2010. S ...
'' (2008–2010) * '' Hanna – Folge deinem Herzen'' (2010) * '' Wege zum Glück – Spuren im Sand'' (2012) * ''
Generation War ''Generation War'' (german: Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter, links=no, translated as "Our Mothers, our Fathers") is a German World War II TV miniseries in three parts. It was commissioned by public broadcasting organization ZDF, produced by the UFA ...
'' (2012) * '' Nacht über Berlin'' (2012) * ''
Homeland A homeland is a place where a cultural, national, or racial identity has formed. The definition can also mean simply one's country of birth. When used as a proper noun, the Homeland, as well as its equivalents in other languages, often has ethni ...
'' (2015) * '' Berlin Station'' (2015) * ''
Babylon Berlin ''Babylon Berlin'' is a German neo-noir television series. Created, written, and directed by Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, and Hendrik Handloegten. It is loosely based on novels by German author Volker Kutscher. The series premiered on 13 ...
'' (since 2016) * '' Counterpart'' (2017-2019) * ''
Dark Darkness, the direct opposite of lightness, is defined as a lack of illumination, an absence of visible light, or a surface that absorbs light, such as black or brown. Human vision is unable to distinguish colors in conditions of very low lu ...
'' (2018–2019) * '' 1899'' (since 2021)


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References


Bibliography

* * * * Hans-Jürgen Tast (ed.) ''Anton Weber (1904–1979) - Filmarchitekt bei der UFA'' (Schellerten 2005) ;


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