Gustav Althoff

Gustav Althoff
Born	2 January 1885 Minden, German Empire
Died	24 November 1948 (aged 63) Baden-Baden, Allied-occupied Germany
Occupation	Producer
Years active	1920–1943 (film)

Gustav Althoff (1885–1948) was a German film producer. 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

• Wallenstein (1925)
• The Old Ballroom (1925)
• Ash Wednesday (1925)
• The Lorelei (1927)
• Autumn on the Rhine (1928)
• Today I Was With Frieda (1928)
• The Lady from Argentina (1928)
• I Once Had a Beautiful Homeland (1928)
• Beware of Loose Women (1929)
• The Customs Judge (1929)
• The Lord of the Tax Office (1929)
• Distinguishing Features (1929)
• Yes, Yes, Women Are My Weakness (1929)
• Youthful Indiscretion (1929)
• Lux, King of Criminals (1929)
• The Youths (1929)
• The Gypsy Chief (1929)
• Crucified Girl (1929)
• Busy Girls (1930)
• The Man in the Dark (1930)
• The Rhineland Girl (1930)
• Ash Wednesday (1931)
• Without Meyer, No Celebration is Complete (1931)
• Duty is Duty (1931)
• Annemarie, the Bride of the Company (1932)
• Gretel Wins First Prize (1933)
• The Sandwich Girl (1933)
• Back in the Country (1936)
• The Vagabonds (1937)
• Monika (1938)
• Clarissa (1941)
• Alarm (1941)
• With the Eyes of a Woman (1942)

Bibliography

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

External links

• Gustav Althoff at IMDb