Parufamet
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Parufamet was the name of the distribution company founded between the American film studios Paramount Pictures
and Metro Goldwyn Mayer who together loaned $4 Million (US) to Universum Film AG
in December 1925. Ufa, the German Studio that financed the production of several expensive silent German films including Metropolis (1927), and had gone bankrupt as a result. In return for the loan, Ufa had to reserve 75% of its cinema capacity for American productions and was obliged to distribute 20 films of each partner per year.
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
and Metro Goldwyn Mayer who together loaned $4 Million (US) to Universum Film AG
Universum Film AG
Universum Film AG, better known as UFA or Ufa, is a film company that was the principal film studio in Germany, home of the German film industry during the Weimar Republic and through World War II, and a major force in world cinema from 1917 to 1945...
in December 1925. Ufa, the German Studio that financed the production of several expensive silent German films including Metropolis (1927), and had gone bankrupt as a result. In return for the loan, Ufa had to reserve 75% of its cinema capacity for American productions and was obliged to distribute 20 films of each partner per year.