Theaterkunst (Q1666540)

Founded in 1907 to work with the city’s theaters, operas, and cabaret outfits, the house segued into film and grew to an international scope in the 1920s with Fritz Lang’s Metropolis and Josef von Sternberg’s The Blue Angel. For the 1925 silent version of Ben-Hur, Theaterkunst employed 350 people who made everything: the headgear, shoes, leatherwork, armor, swords. “They had three costume designers and, for example, seven tons of leather,” Nikola Fölster, Theaterkunst’s Head of Costume, said. “The main actor, Ramon Novarro, came to Berlin for the fitting of his armor. He traveled for two weeks, by ship. Nowadays this seems incredible.” (English)

founded by

Hermann J. Kaufmann

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stated in

Final Sale. The End of Jewish Owned Business in Nazi Berlin

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https://issuu.com/vv_www/docs/katalogvv__engl_web_130dpi

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https://www.motionpictures.org/2019/04/a-visit-to-theaterkunst-germanys-oldest-and-biggest-costume-design-house/

stated in

Final Sale. The End of Jewish Owned Business in Nazi Berlin

reference URL

https://issuu.com/vv_www/docs/katalogvv__engl_web_130dpi

German Match Factories

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reference URL

https://www.motionpictures.org/2019/04/a-visit-to-theaterkunst-germanys-oldest-and-biggest-costume-design-house/

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Through the 1930s, the costume house operated offices in Copenhagen, Amsterdam, London, New York, and Stockholm. With the end of the Weimar Republic, however, the fortunes of Theaterkunst and its owner, Hermann J. Kaufmann, took a turn. Kaufmann, who was Jewish, was forced to sell the company and died in exile in 1942. Theaterkunst was bought by two other companies, the Deutsche Zündholzfabrik, and the Swedish Svenska Tändersticks AB, and stayed in operation, but much of the collection was lost to the bombing during World War II. (English)

headquarters location

Berlin

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https://www.motionpictures.org/2019/04/a-visit-to-theaterkunst-germanys-oldest-and-biggest-costume-design-house/

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With the end of the Weimar Republic, however, the fortunes of Theaterkunst and its owner, Hermann J. Kaufmann, took a turn. Kaufmann, who was Jewish, was forced to sell the company and died in exile in 1942. Theaterkunst was bought by two other companies, the Deutsche Zündholzfabrik, and the Swedish Svenska Tändersticks AB, (English)

stated in

Final Sale. The End of Jewish Owned Business in Nazi Berlin

reference URL

https://issuu.com/vv_www/docs/katalogvv__engl_web_130dpi

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Final Sale. The End of Jewish Owned Business in Nazi Berlin

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https://issuu.com/vv_www/docs/katalogvv__engl_web_130dpi

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