Johannisthal Synchron

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The Johannisthal synchronous was a production company for the dubbing of films and series based in Berlin-Johannisthal . It emerged from the DEFA studio for synchronization .

history

On January 20, 1920, the Johannisthaler Filmanstalten GmbH (Jofa) was founded in a former workshop of the Albatros Flugzeugwerke . In 1933 Tobis took over the studio.

Shortly after the end of the war, on June 6, 1945, the dubbing of Soviet films for the German cinemas began in Johannisthal , as most of the technical systems were still functional here. The dubbed version of Iwan the Terrible , which had its German premiere in August 1945 , was created under the dialogue direction of Wolfgang Staudte .

After DEFA was founded in 1946, it set up its own dubbing department in the Tobis studios. The studios were transferred to her in 1952 as part of nationalization. The central production facility for the production of German-language versions of foreign films in the GDR was set up in Johannisthal . From 1955 the company operated as DEFA-Studio for Synchronization , which was directly subordinate to the main film administration in the Ministry of Culture . From 1952 to 1989, over 7,000 films or series episodes were dubbed.

From July 1, 1990, the DEFA Studio for Synchronization was under the care of the Treuhandanstalt , which transferred the company to DEFA Synchron GmbH . On July 1, 1992, the Kirch Group took over and renamed JohannisthalSynchron GmbH . In the following years mainly dubbed versions of television series and films were made for the parent company Kirch. One of the most famous adaptations of JohannisthalSynchron is the 13-part film series Die Bibel (1995–2003).

After the collapse of the Kirch Group, JohannisthalSynchron discontinued operations on December 31, 2004 as part of an orderly closure. Their business activity has since been limited to the management of the property they own.

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Coordinates: 52 ° 26 ′ 15.1 ″  N , 13 ° 30 ′ 31.7 ″  E