Roxy Film is a German

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company established in 1951 by

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. During the 1950s, it was a leading producer with films such as

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s which continued the traditions of the 1930s and 1940s. During the 1960s the company struggled, partly due to fierce competition from other producers such as

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s which were better at using new genres such as

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thrillers and

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westerns. By the late 1960s the company had begun to specialise in making

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, but in the 1970s moved to producing adaptations of classic literature and funding ambitious projects by members of the

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such as

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.Bock & Bergfelder p. 511

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Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009. German film studios Film production companies of Germany Mass media companies established in 1951 1951 establishments in West Germany {{film-company-stub