100 Years of the UFA

Aug 28, 2017

0h 58m

★ 4.5

Overview

The intricate history of UFA, a film production company founded in 1917 that has survived the Weimar Republic, the Nazi regime, the Adenauer era and the many and tumultuous events of contemporary Germany, and has always been the epicenter of the German film industry.

Genres

Documentary

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

SWR

RBB

ARTE

100 Years of the UFA Trailers

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Cast

Self - Host / Narrator (voice)

Nadja Uhl

Self - Deutsche Kinemathek Member

Rainer Rother

Self - UFA Co-CEO

Nico Hofmann

Self - Film Historian

Friedemann Beyer

Self - Actor

Gunnar Möller

Self - Former DEFA Member

Ralf Schenk

Self - Deutsches Filminstitut Member

Claudia Dillmann

Self - Actor

Mario Adorf

Self - UFA Co-CEO

Wolf Bauer

Self - Film Critic

Herbert Spaich

Self - Deutsche Kinemathek Member

Klaudia Wick

Self - Actress

Claudia Michelsen

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