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Also known as DEFA film studios, DEFA studios

film studio

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Company type
Private
Founded
1912 ; 114 years ago ( 1912 ) , in Germany
Headquarters
Potsdam-Babelsberg , Brandenburg , Germany
Key people
Carl Woebcken ( CEO ) Christoph Fisser (board of directors) Marius Schwarz ( CFO )
Owner
TPG Real Estate Partners
Number of employees
92 (2017)
Website
www .studiobabelsberg .com

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Employees
92
Revenue
57500000
Official website
www.studiobabelsberg.com
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Filmstudio Babelsberg Eingang.jpg
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Babelsberg Studios
inception
1912-01-01
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Babelsberg Film Studio (German: Filmstudio Babelsberg) (also known as Studio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world, producing films since 1912. With a total area of about 460,000 square metres (5,000,000 sq ft) and a studio area of about 25,000 square metres (270,000 sq ft), it is Europe's largest 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.

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