Scotia film distribution

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SCOTIA FILMVERLEIH GmbH

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legal form GmbH (1972-2002)
Seat Munich , Germany
management Sam Waynberg (1972-2002)
Oliver Thau (1997-2002)

The Scotia Film Distribution was a film distributor based in Munich . It began as an independent distributor under the direction of Sam Waynberg at the end of 1972 and brought films such as Pulp Fiction , Life is Beautiful , Jackie Brown , Good Will Hunting , Rambo , Basic Instinct and Stargate to German cinemas by 2002 . Due to a legal dispute with the American mini-major Miramax , the rental company had to file for bankruptcy in 2002.

history

After the end of World War II , the Waynberg in his native Poland survived underground, he first moved to Berlin and then to Munich , where he served as producer of the Polanski film If Katelbach coming ... followed it. To Roman Polanski he was bound thenceforth a close friendship, and it was Polański documentation Weekend of Champions on the racing driver Jackie Stewart with the Waynberg finally brought into being on September 15, 1972 Scotia film distribution. With an excellent instinct for mass-compatible comedy and action cinema as well as ambitious film art, Waynberg provided the distributor with solid box office results right from the start. He included Wes Craven's debut Das last Haus links in the evaluation, brought out Querelle by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and had box office hits such as Basic Instinct , Eis am Stiel and Rambo in the program. Over the years, the distributor with headquarters at Possartstrasse 14 in Munich has created a mix of underground and e-cinema.

In 1994 Scotia Filmverleih acquired the German rights to Pulp Fiction at an early stage at the Cannes Film Festival and thus built up a longer relationship with the mini major Miramax . In the same year, the distributor also entered into a collaboration in Germany with the Disney subsidiary Buena Vista International , which from now on placed the Scotia titles in cinemas. However, the liaison with the Miramax group, which also belongs to Disney, was fatal for Scotia in the long term. Miramax demanded damages amounting to millions for allegedly unpaid license fees and unpaid fees and thus sealed the end of German independent lending.

useful information

The film Rambo was released for the first time in Germany by Scotia Filmverleih under the now world-famous title. In America, the first version of the trilogy was released under the name First Blood . Only with the following productions did the American producers adopt the German recipe for success for the release and thus created a brand.

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ screendaily
  2. ^ Polanski: The biography of Paul Werner
  3. ^ Financial Times Germany