100 Years of the UFA
★ 4.5 · 2017 · 58m · Documentary · History · TV Movie
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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