Rialto Film
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Rialto Film is a Danish
/German
film company originally founded by Constantin Philpsen (1 Dec 1859-23 Aug 1925) in 1897 . His son Constantin Preben Philipsen (18 Jan 1910-21 Sept 2005) took over the company in 1950. Little is known about Rialto's productions prior to 1950..
Rialto became internationally famous with the release of 32 films based on the works of Edgar Wallace
and 9 films based on the works of Karl May
under director Harald Reinl
and, from 1960, co-owner Horst Wendlandt
. As was the practice of mainstream and successful European cinema, most of the films were international co-production
s. Wendtandt was succeeded in 1992 by his son Matthias as general director.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
/German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
film company originally founded by Constantin Philpsen (1 Dec 1859-23 Aug 1925) in 1897 . His son Constantin Preben Philipsen (18 Jan 1910-21 Sept 2005) took over the company in 1950. Little is known about Rialto's productions prior to 1950..
Rialto became internationally famous with the release of 32 films based on the works of Edgar Wallace
Edgar Wallace
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was an English crime writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and numerous articles in newspapers and journals....
and 9 films based on the works of Karl May
Karl May
Karl Friedrich May was a popular German writer, noted mainly for adventure novels set in the American Old West, and similar books set in the Orient and Middle East . In addition, he wrote stories set in his native Germany, in China and in South America...
under director Harald Reinl
Harald Reinl
Harald Reinl was an Austrian film director. He is especially known for the movies he made based on Edgar Wallace and Karl May books .He started his career as an extra in the mountain-films of Arnold Fanck...
and, from 1960, co-owner Horst Wendlandt
Horst Wendlandt
Horst Wendlandt was a German film producer. He produced 99 films between 1956 and 2002.He was born and died in Berlin, Germany.-Selected filmography:* Pappa ante Portas * L'as des as * Lola...
. As was the practice of mainstream and successful European cinema, most of the films were international co-production
International co-production
An international co-production is a production where two or more different production companies are working together, for example in a film production...
s. Wendtandt was succeeded in 1992 by his son Matthias as general director.
External links
- Homepage of Rialto Film
- Rialto at IMDB http://www.imdb.com/company/co0043072/