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100 Years of the UFA
100 Years of the UFA

100 Years of the UFA

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

58 mins

Rating

4.5/10

Release Date

28 August 2017

Country

Germany

Cast

Nadja Uhl

Nadja Uhl

Self - Host / Narrator (voice)

Rainer Rother

Rainer Rother

Self - Deutsche Kinemathek Member

Nico Hofmann

Nico Hofmann

Self - UFA Co-CEO

Friedemann Beyer

Friedemann Beyer

Self - Film Historian

Gunnar Möller

Gunnar Möller

Self - Actor

Ralf Schenk  

Ralf Schenk  

Self - Former DEFA Member

Claudia Dillmann

Claudia Dillmann

Self - Deutsches Filminstitut Member

Mario Adorf

Mario Adorf

Self - Actor

Wolf Bauer

Wolf Bauer

Self - UFA Co-CEO

Herbert Spaich

Herbert Spaich

Self - Film Critic

Klaudia Wick

Klaudia Wick

Self - Deutsche Kinemathek Member

Claudia Michelsen

Claudia Michelsen

Self - Actress

Tom Schilling

Tom Schilling

Self - Actor

Erich Ludendorff

Erich Ludendorff

Self - Army General (archive footage)

Friedrich Ebert

Friedrich Ebert

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Ernst Lubitsch

Ernst Lubitsch

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Emil Jannings

Emil Jannings

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Pola Negri

Pola Negri

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Alfred Hugenberg

Alfred Hugenberg

Self - Businessman (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels

Joseph Goebbels

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Veit Harlan

Veit Harlan

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Wolfgang Staudte

Wolfgang Staudte

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Lil Dagover

Lil Dagover

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Erich Pommer

Erich Pommer

Self - Film Producer (archive footage)

Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Adenauer

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Hermann Josef Abs

Hermann Josef Abs

Self - Businessman (archive footage)

Arno Hauke

Arno Hauke

Self - Film Producer (archive footage)

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