The neue deutsche Filmgesellschaft (ndF) is a German film production company headquartered in Unterföhring

Unterföhring

Unterföhring is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district Munich.-History:Before the establishment of Munich around 1158, an important crossing existed over the River Isar, the Föhringer Bridge. Unterföhring was mentioned in documents for the first time in 1180 as an independent place...

 near Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, with locations in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

, Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

 and Cologne

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

. ndF is one of the largest independent film production companies in Germany. It was established in 1947 by director Harald Braun

Harald Braun

Harald Braun was a German film director, screenwriter and film producer. He directed 21 films between 1942 and 1960.-Selected filmography:* The Falling Star * No Greater Love...

 and author Jacob Geis

Jacob Geis

Jacob Geis was a German theatre director, screenwriter and film producer. He wrote for 35 films between 1935 and 1959.-Selected filmography:* Drei Unteroffiziere * The Falling Star...

, who received the authority to proceed from interim government official Erich Pommer

Erich Pommer

Erich Pommer was a German-born film producer and executive. He was involved in the German Expressionist film movement during the silent era as the head of production at Decla, Decla-Bioscop and from 1924 to 1926 at Ufa responsible for many of the best known movies of the Weimar Republic such as...

, at that time the highest film officer in the American sector in Germany after the Second World War.

The company's product portfolio includes television and motion picture films, series and international co-productions.

External links

• http://www.ndf.de neue deutsche Filmgesellschaft
• IMDB entry for neue deutsche Filmgesellschaft