Arthaus is a major German producer of art films and classical music DVDs founded in 1994. Arthaus is a brand of Kinowelt Home Entertainment Gmbh, which is now owned by

Studiocanal StudioCanal S.A.S. (formerly known as Le Studio Canal+, Canal Plus, Canal+ Distribution, Canal+ D.A., and Canal+ Production and also known as StudioCanal International) is a French film & television production and distribution company which is a ...

. Arthaus acquired the video back-catalogue of

Filmverlag der Autoren ''Filmverlag der Autoren'' is a German film distributor that was founded in 1971 to help finance and distribute independent films by German ''Autorenfilm'' directors, who are renowned for predominantly adapting their own screenplays. Called "The Fl ...

in 1999, and then EuroArts giving it hundreds of art-films,

opera Opera is a form of History of theatre#European theatre, Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically ...

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

, and concert titles to draw upon.Billboard - Aug 12, 2000 - Page 36 "With Kinowelt having acquired catalogs from EuroArts and other major studios, Arthaus has hundreds of opera, dance, and concert titles to gradually draw upon."

History

Founded in 1994, Arthaus Video Vertriebsgesellschaft is a video distribution company associated with Kinowelt Home Entertainment. Arthaus released its first ten films on VHS on May 1, 1994. In October 1998, the first DVD releases with titles such as Boogie Nights and Kundun were announced. In 2007, the company released its first Blu-ray title, The Journey of the Penguins. Arthaus published a 236-page general catalogue in 2010 which featured around 1,000 Arthaus titles.

Special Editions

The ''Arthaus Premium'' edition includes new editions of film classics such as

The Third Man ''The Third Man'' is a 1949 film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene, and starring Joseph Cotten as Holly Martins, Alida Valli as Anna Schmidt, Orson Welles as Harry Lime and Trevor Howard as Major Calloway. Set in post-Worl ...

. The ''Arthaus Collection'' edition includes 50 works by renowned directors. This series was continued with ''Arthaus Collection Classics'', ''Arthaus Collection Classics II'', ''Arthaus Collection Literature'', ''Arthaus Collection Literature II'', ''Arthaus Collection Asian Cinema'', ''Arthaus Collection British Cinema'', ''Arthaus Collection American Independent Cinema'' and ''Arthaus Collection Documentary Film''. Together with Rolling Stone magazine, Arthaus presents the ''Music Movies Collection'' with twelve music films. The limited ''Filmverlag der Autoren Edition'' contains 50 works from 1968 to 2008, including 22 on DVD for the first time, and an illustrated book with 160 pages. The ''Edition Deutscher Film'' includes 50 works from 1924 to 2009 and is the first comprehensive series on German film. The StudioCanal Collection presents older films (The Elephant Man and others) on Blu-ray for the first time with new bonus material and a 20-page booklet.

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