Cine-Allianz Tonfilm was a German

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company established in 1932 by Arnold Pressburger and Gregor Rabinovitch. The company specialised in co-productions targeted at international markets, and enjoyed immediate success during the final year of the

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. During the Nazi era the company's

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owners came under increasing pressure from the government and their property was

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. They were forced into exile, while Cine-Allianz continued to produce films under the Nazi regime until its merger with

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in 1942. Rabinovitch went into exile in France where he set up a fresh production company also named Cine-Allianz which produced films such as '' I Was an Adventuress'' (1938) and '' Beating Heart'' (1940). The 1951 West German film ''

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'' was partly financed by money received as post-war compensation for the loss of Cine-Allianz.Gemünden p.223

Selected filmography

* ''

My Cousin from Warsaw ''My Cousin from Warsaw'' (german: Meine Cousine aus Warschau) is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Carl Boese and starring Liane Haid, Tala Birell, and Fritz Schulz. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin.Jacobsen p.346 The film's ...

'' (1931) * '' Tell Me Tonight'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1933) * '' So Ended a Great Love'' (1934) * '' Tomfoolery'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1939)

References

Bibliography

* Gerd Gemünden. ''Continental Strangers: German Exile Cinema, 1933-1951''. Columbia University Press, 2014. Film production companies of Germany Entertainment companies established in 1932 1932 establishments in Germany {{film-company-stub