Eugene Scotoni

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Eugen Scotoni (born July 29, 1873 in Vienna ; † May 29, 1961 ) was an influential Swiss entrepreneur in the construction and film industry.

Eugen Scotoni came from a family of Austrian builders who settled in Zurich in 1889 . He first worked in his parents' company and founded his own company in 1893. He entered the film business by building movie theaters. The Apollo Cinerama cinema in Zurich and the Metropole cinemas in Zurich and Lausanne were part of his company. From 1931 to 1935 he controlled one of the largest film production companies in the German Empire with Terra Film AG in Berlin . He founded the Scotoni-Gassmann Foundation with his children, with the aim of making it easier for needy families, especially families with many children, the elderly as well as young students and apprentices to rent apartments.

Eugen Scotoni was married to Angelina Gassmann (1877-1953). The couple had eight children, of whom Ralph Scotoni , Edwin Scotoni, and Anton Eric Scotoni worked for their father's company. Eugen Scotoni was naturalized in Zurich in 1906. The family's main seat was the villa in Zurich- Oerlikon , which was completed in 1915 .

literature

  • Hanna Willi, Hans Rudolf Schmid and others: A book on building: Festschrift for the fiftieth anniversary of the construction company Scotoni in Zurich and the completion of the seventieth year of its founder. With photo reports by Theo Frey . Zurich 1943.
  • Eugen Scotoni (1873–1961): master builder and architect , Neue Zürcher Zeitung of May 31, 1961
  • Thomas Kramer, Dominik Siegrist: Terra: A Swiss film company in the Third Reich. Zurich 1991. ISBN 3-905278-73-1

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Attilio, born in 1902, died shortly after birth and is therefore not mentioned in some of the literature. See The Scotoni-Gassmann Family Tree. ( Memento of the original from February 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.geocities.ws
  2. ^ Mario Stäuble: The riddle of the uninhabited villa. In: Tages-Anzeiger of March 7, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Scotoni, Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss entrepreneur in the construction and film industry
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1961