Gustav Althoff

{{Short description|German film producer (1885–1948)}}

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| birth_date = 2 January 1885

| birth_place = Minden, German Empire

| death_date = 24 November 1948 (aged 63)

| death_place = Baden-Baden, Allied-occupied Germany

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| occupation = Producer

| yearsactive = 1920–1943 (film)

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Gustav Althoff (1885–1948) was a German film producer.Prawer p.126 He was a leading independent producer during the Weimar and Nazi eras, establishing his own Althoff Studios in Berlin in 1939.

Originally a cinema-owner in Dortmund before expanding into film distribution, he moved to Berlin in 1920. He founded both his own Aco-Film company, and also co-founded Aafa-Film. He continued producing until the Nazi Party centralised all film production in the early 1940s.

Selected filmography

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Bibliography

  • Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2007.