International Chamber of Film
The International Film Chamber ( IFK ; Camera internazionale del film ) was a joint institution of National Socialist Germany and Fascist Italy , whose program consisted of ousting American competition from the film market and creating a European market that would serve the commercial and political interests of the founding countries should correspond. The International Film Chamber was based in Berlin and Rome .
The International Chamber of Film was first founded in Paris in April 1935 . On the German side, the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda stood behind it . The background to the establishment was the export crisis that the German film industry has suffered since many countries boycotted their films.
After overcoming the crisis, the International Film Chamber was initially superfluous. After the European markets had fundamentally changed during the Second World War , the International Chamber of Film was re-established in July 1941. In addition to the original founding members Germany and Italy, their satellites and the countries they occupied: Bohemia and Moravia , Belgium , Bulgaria , Croatia , Denmark , Finland , Hungary , Norway , the Netherlands , Romania and Slovakia were represented in the Chamber . With Spain and Sweden , two neutral countries had also announced their membership. The President of the Chamber was the Italian Finance Minister Giuseppe Volpi , the Secretary General was the Deputy President of the Reich Film Chamber, Karl Melzer.
From 1936 to 1944 the International Chamber of Film published a magazine with the title "Inter Film".