UFA (1917-Present)

Why has UFA managed to stay in business?

The UFA was founded in December 1917 during World War I as part of an effort to create greater competition against foreign films and as part of the German Empire’s propaganda machine. However after the war the company focused on popular genres. (e.g. Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis.”)

In 1921 UFA merged with Decla-Bioscop AG, Germany’s second largest film company. Decla was the company that started the era of “expressionist” film in 1919 with The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari.

Following a financial crisis, UFA is taken over in 1927 by the Scherl Group- Alfred Hugenberg.

In 2008 there’s the launch of UFA Cinema with UFA once again producing feature films.